"Histoires Prodigieuses; the Monster of Cracow," 1559, London, Wellcome Collection. Public domain. Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity is dedicated to ...

A fifth century amulet depicting the demon-fighting King Solomon has been found by archaeologists in Turkey, referencing a ...

Think ghosts, werewolves, demons, vampires, fairies and witches. But while (almost all) people today regard these beings as entirely fictional, many medieval people believed in them. Christian ...

The medieval world was full of malicious demons: fallen angels commissioned to tempt humans away from God. From demons disguised as beautiful women to demons that took frightening animal-like forms, ...

Nearly two dozen mysterious markings have been discovered at a medieval manor house in Lincolnshire, England. Experts say the etchings were engraved there to ward off evil, trap demons and—in ...

Three more Past Imperfect books will soon be published on Alfred the Great; the Kingdom of Rus', which was a state in what is now the Ukraine; and medieval demons. Many of the series' future volumes ...