Few individuals in church history have straddled the fault line between insider and outsider quite so capably as Francis of ...

Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new ...

Our association of pink with femininity is a recent innovation.

Over the following 300 years scores of towns were founded: Bala, established in 1309, was the last fling of Wales's medieval town creators. Although towns became central to the economy ...

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As the capital of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca captivates travellers with its enchanting blend of history, culture ...

Carnevale di Ivrea, in a charming Italian village in the Alps, is a beloved, booze-fueled ode to a medieval heroine—even if some revelers walk away with bloody noses.

while he was using a metal detector ovv copyright I-OE 342.II The Dutch culture minister Eppo Bruins has blocked the sale of a rare medieval golden ring abroad, launching—for the first time—a ...