The beer of today--brewed from malted grain and hops, manufactured by large and often multinational corporations, frequently associated with young adults, sports, and drunkenness--is largely the ...

The Renaissance, spanning the 14th to 17th centuries, marked a pivotal "rebirth" in Europe, transitioning from the Middle Ages to modernity. This period witnessed a resurgence of classical learning, ...

The “medievalcore” trend isn’t just about ballgowns and meadows — it may indicate an overall dissatisfaction with modern ...

The Middle Ages, usually dated from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, were a period of striking contrasts. Castles rose across Europe, knights pledged their loyalty to their owners, and entire ...

“People have the right to live as they wish, we are no longer in the Middle Ages.” This statement, made recently by Luxembourg’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn in relation to ...

Mark Hoelscher wanted some friends. Instead, he wound up with a family. Ten months ago, the 27-year-old Hoelscher arrived home from being overseas with the military. His wife had moved out from their ...

Every day we encounter technology that we don't understand, politics that seem too tangled and obfuscated to change, a world where what seems bad is proved to be good and vice versa. We're walking a ...

A European woman recently stumbled upon buried treasure from the Middle Ages in what archaeologists are calling a once-in-a-decade discovery. In a press release that was translated into English, the ...