Poetically, Tolkien’s long struggle to realize his vision — the self-doubt that led to long pauses in composition, his frustrations with publishers and his general inability to be satisfied enough ...

Contrary to popular belief, illuminated manuscripts were not exclusively made in Europe—one of the most impressive is from ...

Ariodante had its premiere at the Covent Garden Theatre, on the site in London where the Royal Opera House now stands, in ...

A Swedish fisherman digging for bait struck something far more valuable—an ancient trove buried for over 800 years. What experts uncovered inside the soil is rewriting medieval history and revealing a ...

America’s recent flirtation with kingship is unsettling, but history has shown us that monarchy is much more than power grabs ...

What first looked like a scatter of junk on the seabed off southern England has turned out to be one of the most revealing medieval shipwrecks ever found. The vessel, packed with carved stone and ...