The Extremaduran city is competing to become European Capital of Culture 2031. While the candidates are being judged, ...

How the so-called ‘game of kings’ defied racial attitudes by celebrating the intellectual prowess of winners, irrespective of their skin colour.

Right in the middle of Central Park sits a castle that most New Yorkers walk past without ever going inside. Belvedere Castle ...

Archaeologists working on the extensive renovation of the Binnenhof, the historic center of Dutch politics in The Hague, have uncovered the foundations of a medieval city gate. Known as the Spuipoort, ...

The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 was one of the largest and most dramatic popular uprisings in medieval Europe. But what do we really know about this celebrated event in English history? The rising was ...

COMMENTARY: The Pope’s call to be ‘made restless by history’ points to a path of honest engagement with the past that ...

Medieval Europe was marked by a system of justice that often relied on extreme physical punishment. Torture was widely used to extract confessions and enforce authority, frequently under the influence ...

Making a living in the Middle Ages required resilience, adaptability and often multiple sources of income. Most people relied on agriculture, but many supplemented their earnings through small-scale ...

Ahead of the March 22 premiere of a new TV adaptation, learn about the life of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the French Army ...

Florida hides real-life castles from coral fortresses to pink palaces. These magical spots feel straight out of a fairytale.

The Rhine River is famous for its fairy-tale landscapes. Sailing through the Rhine Gorge, travelers see medieval castles ...

Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a mix of peoples from three continents ...