Early explorers were on guard against the strange and horrifying humanoids that they thought lived just beyond the known ...

Dubbed the greatest art fair in the world, Tefaf, aka, the European Fine Arts Fair, in the charming history laden city of ...

A STUNNING find has been unearthed by metal detectorists dating back to the 13th century. A treasure inquest was opened at Warrington Coroner’s Court on Wednesday following the discovery of a ...

It was once a stronghold for pirates during the Middle Ages before being under Venetian rule in the 15th century. Two of the medieval fortresses the pirates built remain, which you can climb for ...

Experts from London have been called in to appraise 15th-century artwork from the chapel of St John's Almshouse in Sherborne. The three-panelled altar piece, known as a triptych, was removed from ...

John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy was assassinated September 10, 1419. Illustration published 1882. Original edition is from my own archives. Copyright has expired ...

One can imagine that a sword large enough that it required two hands to swing about in battle could get rather tedious to lug around medieval-era ... the 14 th or 15 th century (probably in ...

Therefore, from the 7th century onwards, there were already laws inherited from ... books or sets of rules listing sins and their corresponding penances. These reflected early medieval ecclesiastical ...