Beautiful to look at and incredible in sound – here the greatest pieces written for the harp in classical music history.

Wales has an unbroken tradition of harp playing. It was used as a dance instrument and for playing tunes and airs. The tradition owes its survival to the gypsy families of Wales who kept harp ...

Most people in medieval society lived in villages, there were few large towns. The majority of people were peasants, who worked on the land. There were a range of jobs and trades in towns and ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches ...

Hosted by the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, the International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual gathering of thousands of scholars interested in medieval studies. The ...

When you think of harps, your mind might conjure up images of cartoon angels, or of women playing the string instrument in medieval Europe. However, there’s one harp player that’s a little ...

Teenage Engineering's EP-1320 Medieval is such a gorgeous device, but all that flare doesn't exactly make it easier to use. Photo: Artem Golub / Gizmodo That’s it; I’ve officially multi ...

Almost 50 events are taking place during Culture Night in Co Clare, displaying the wide variety of music, poetry, dance and ...

In medieval societies, the dragon was classified within the same framework as regular animal species. Legends, stories, and images turned it into a symbol of the Middle Ages that would transcend time.

The opening movement had a wildly insistent energy full of jagged “Balkan” rhythms, cut off with brutal suddenness by tiny ...

Archaeologists from around the world are taking part in a dig to identify a medieval palace in the Borders An international effort is being made to identify a medieval palace in the Scottish Borders.