A new computer program automatically determines the dates of documents from the Middle Ages. It works by looking for words and phrases that were fashionable at the time — the Ermahgerds of the era — ...

The Digital Sigillography Resource (DIGISIG) enables scholars and members of the public to search sigillographic datasets. Scholars, archivists, archaeologists and museum curators have recorded tens ...

Making Money examines the uses and meanings of coined money from the end of the western Roman Empire until the twelfth century. The study is deeply informed by numismatics and economic history; ...

AN original royal charter from the first year of King John’s reign has been discovered in County Durham. The rare document, dated March 26, 1200, was found in the archives at Ushaw College, near ...