What are the best medieval games? Rare is a videogame that doesn’t feature at least one sword, suit of armor, or roast chicken. Still, they’re usually mixed in with bearded hermits slinging ...

Bridgeman/ACI The first medieval fortifications were very different from the imposing castles that appeared later. In the ninth and 10th centuries, the castles being constructed across Christian ...

The middle ages, or at least our fantasies of medieval Europe, have already stormed the gates of our collective imagination and will only continue to influence culture in the year to come.

Waterboarding involves using water and a cloth to simulate the sensation of drowning. Flo, 30, from north Essex, told how the abuse began almost immediately when she started the relationship aged 19.