Not everyone in the 13th century lived in castles. Ruth Goodman, Tom Pinfold and Peter Ginn visit a much humbler home to see how medieval peasants lived. Inside a medieval castle. videoInside a ...

Beneath the building lie the remains of a castle belonging to the MacDermots, one of medieval Ireland’s most powerful families. From the twelfth to the seventeenth century, the MacDermots ruled ...

NOVA: What about the role of women inside the castle? What were they doing day-to-day? Holmes: Well, by and large, and this is a very broad generality, women had a subservient role in medieval ...

NOVA: When we think of life inside a medieval castle, what usually comes to mind are lords, ladies, and maybe knights. But it actually was a much more diverse group than this, wasn't it?