The first scientific evidence of the Black Death in Edinburgh has been discovered on the remains of a teenage boy who died in ...

The first scientific evidence of the Black Death in Edinburgh has been discovered on the skeleton of a teenage boy who died in the 14th century, shedding new light on one of history's deadliest ...

Was there any scientific basis to potions, lotions and salves that folk healers prescribed, or was it all just hocus pocus?

The recovery of the artistic ideals of classical antiquity between 1400 and 1600 was hardly the only major period of cultural ...

In the riverside town of Vidin in Bulgaria, I was briefly king of the castle. I had the medieval citadel to myself. Looming over the Danube, the fortress was known for centuries as the guardhouse to ...

The era is technically called the "Middle Ages," which refers to European life between the fall of Rome in 476 CE and the ...

In the 13th century, thousands in France were investigated, massacred, or even burned at the stake by the Catholic Church.

One way to cope with our confusing times is to look back at the past. Studying history does more than provide us with ...

The city in southern Spain is one of the sunniest spots in all of Europe and has plenty of things to see and do, from ...

Southern Europe is a living museum of stone, a sun-soaked land where time has learned to move slowly, and history lingers in ...

Flights to this sunny southern Spain destination take less than three hours, and once you're there, there's a wealth of ...

Last month my dad came down to the city to pay me a visit. We had a lovely day hanging out at home, and as we hugged goodbye I noticed something I hadn’t ever paid attention to on the front door to my ...