Most printed books come in certain standard sizes...  ...here did these standards come from? According to medieval scholar Carl Pyrdum, they're based on the size of...  ...: The question then becomes, I guess, why were medieval books the size they were? And the answer to that...  ...ize they were? And the...

Castle restorer Michel Guyot (previously at Ne...  ...sly at Neatorama) is heading a project to build a medieval fortress in ... Arkansas! Thirty masons, carpent...  ...will work right in front of you as they practise medieval techniques of construction. The Ozark Medieval

For all the foodies - the John Rylands Library (U.K.) has now digitalized and published The Forme of Cury, a cookbook dating back to about 1420. Compiled by master cooks to Richard II, this book contains hundreds of reci...

From De Arte Athletica by Paul Hector Mair (c. 150...  ...colorful, puffy pants, it didn't mean that these medieval martial artists weren't deadly. Paul Hector Mair...  ...various gruesome weapons used by fighters during medieval times in his manuscript De Arte Athletica. You ca...