Set in England in 1282, Royal’s superlative 14th medieval mystery (after 2017’s The Proud Sinner) finds Prioress Eleanor traveling to Mynchen Buckland Priory, bearing a gift of money and a sealed ...

A bizarre medieval grave containing the remains of a porpoise is still baffling experts months after its discovery. The grave was discovered in September 2017 on an islet off the west coast of the ...

Two years ago, MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed to page through the Pearl-Manuscript, a singular bound ...

At the start of Westerson’s so-so 11th whodunit featuring investigator Crispin Guest (after 2017’s Season of Blood), set in 1392 London, Guest agrees to help Fr. Bulthius Braydon with a strange case.

The same logic underpins popular explorations of historical crime, where long‑form series on medieval murder mysteries walk viewers through the interplay of archaeology, forensic science, and ...

Asha Tanna of Independent Television News reports on a big archaeological find that appears to have solved a 500-year mystery. Using carbon dating and mitochondrial DNA testing, researchers say they ...

It looks like the rumours were true: Obsidian’s new medieval mystery project Pentiment was officially announced earlier during the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase. As suggested earlier this month ...

In the medieval thriller “The Reckoning,” the young English actor Paul Bettany plays a priest on the lam. Caught with his vestments around his ankles, Bettany’s Nicholas has fled his old parish life ...

They might be a work of fiction, but the Fidelma Mysteries are gripping an international audience, writes Seán Laffey. Fidelma is a woman for all time, absolutely a role model for ladies of the 21st ...

Behold, an illuminating adventure calls. We last got a look at Obsidian’s medieval-era mystery project Pentiment back in June during the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase. The narrative adventure game, ...