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Established in 1938 as a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (more on that further down), The Met Cloisters is considered the country’s only museum dedicated to Middle Ages art and architecture; 227 Travel founder Deb Swacker says not to miss the famous Unicorn Tapestries.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
Fridays have been considered unlucky to Christians since the Middle Ages because the crucifixion of Christ was on a Friday, Moira Marsh, a folklore librarian at the University of Indiana Bloomington, told NPR.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2026
The vivid naturalism achieved in these works was not seen for another millennium, and is often more credited to artists living during the late Middle Ages, including Cimabue and Giotto, who laid the groundwork for the Renaissance.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
The Avars were a nomadic people from Central Asia who settled parts of what is now Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia and Austria during the early Middle Ages.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Sofia Andersson, an expert with the county board, described the find as one of the largest early Middle Ages silver treasure collections ever found in Sweden.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Now, Lora Popov is living it at Yazsh At some point — likely during Europe’s Middle Ages — a strain of Central American Cucurbita maxima reached South Asia via European explorers, though evidence is scarce.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 19 Sep. 2025
Quiet countryside villages like Naumburg in Saxony-Anhalt and Quedlinburg in the Harz Mountains will take you back to the High Middle Ages and medieval times, respectively.
—AFAR Media, 18 Sep. 2025
Today’s Wordle Etymology The word trick comes into English in the late Middle Ages.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
Fridays have been considered unlucky to Christians since the Middle Ages because the crucifixion of Christ was on a Friday, Moira Marsh, a folklore librarian at the University of Indiana Bloomington, told NPR.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2026
The vivid naturalism achieved in these works was not seen for another millennium, and is often more credited to artists living during the late Middle Ages, including Cimabue and Giotto, who laid the groundwork for the Renaissance.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
The Avars were a nomadic people from Central Asia who settled parts of what is now Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia and Austria during the early Middle Ages.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Sofia Andersson, an expert with the county board, described the find as one of the largest early Middle Ages silver treasure collections ever found in Sweden.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Now, Lora Popov is living it at Yazsh At some point — likely during Europe’s Middle Ages — a strain of Central American Cucurbita maxima reached South Asia via European explorers, though evidence is scarce.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 19 Sep. 2025
Quiet countryside villages like Naumburg in Saxony-Anhalt and Quedlinburg in the Harz Mountains will take you back to the High Middle Ages and medieval times, respectively.
—AFAR Media, 18 Sep. 2025
Today’s Wordle Etymology The word trick comes into English in the late Middle Ages.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Middle Ages.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Middle%20Ages. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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