Southern Europe is a mosaic of sunlight, stone, and sea. Its towns carry the weight of centuries, the whispers of history, ...

Italy doesn’t just inspire love, it defines it. From misty lakes and ancient piazzas to sun-drenched coastlines, it’s a ...

Kronthaler has long thrived on turning bourgeois classics inside out — warping jackets, loading corsetry into knits, twisting ...

Accounts that are received from antiquity and repeated over and over again, then merge with eyewitness accounts and blend ...

The Belial stool by Studio S II, in steel and leather, draws inspiration from the Savonarola chair, an X-frame design popular in medieval Italy. “Gothic arches, sharp spikes and oxblood leather ...

Yakutiye Madrasa, Erzurum. Central muqarnas, Islamic ornamental three-dimensional architectural decoration, embellishing a church ceiling, 1310. Credit: Richard Piran McClary Coptic capital with ...

Ceramic vessels originating in the Islamic world once adorned the facades of churches and other Christian monuments, while Christian symbols such as the cross embellished columns, slabs, and other ...

Learn how historical re-enactors, Robin Cacy and Veronica Tatum bring medieval cuisine to life. Ever wondered how people cooked in the Middle Ages? At Alaska's Three Barons' Renaissance Fair, ...

Long-lost royal rooms have been recreated inside the medieval keep of Norwich Castle, which reopens today after a major five-year building project. The transformation of the Grade I-listed Norman ...

Analysis: Translators of medieval romances reshaped stories to portray Irish women as more independent and proactive than their English counterparts In the 15th century, Ireland experienced a ...