Although average life expectancy was low, some medieval individuals did live into their 60s or beyond. Those who survived ...

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A medieval princess may have lived in luxury, but her life was defined by duty and political calculation. Royal daughters were often promised in marriage during childhood to secure alliances between ...

The Victoria Shopping Centre car park in Southend, which has been described as an 'eyesore' by residents, is set for a new mural celebrating the city's history.

The Italian village of Solomeo has become famous for its luxurious textiles. Its cultural programming, however, weaves a ...

In 2008, genetic research suggested that Ötzi’s maternal lineage was extinct. His mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) carried a rare signature never observed in any living person, leading researchers to ...

Henry VIII is not remembered as a loving husband. Any English schoolchild can recount the unpleasant fates of most of his six wives with the rhyme: “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, ...

Some may be angry that certain universities have reached negotiated settlements with the administration. Their disapproval could mean they wish more institutions had followed Bollinger’s call to ...

The practice goes back to the early Church, when Christianity began organizing public worship in Rome. After the Edict of Milan in 313, when the emperor Constantine granted freedom of worship, ...

If you're hoping to get your metaphorical motor running, these aphrodisiacal Netflix programs might do the trick.

If anything, the American Revolution generation saw their new nation as a break with the European past — a new civilization rooted in popular sovereignty and republican self-government.

If you don’t want to spend a long time in Singapore, a short flight will get you to one of South-East Asia’s most enjoyable ...