Let's go back to the Middle Ages to look at some dishes people still enjoy today. Find out if one of your favorite meals is ...

The AD/CE system we use to date the year was introduced, more or less by accident, during the Middle Ages. Before its ...

In portfolio: title from cover. Text is printed on both sides of a 3 panel (double-folded) sheet. Text signed: Bern Dibner. Includes reproductions, with descriptive letterpress, of engravings in the ...

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the ...

It won’t catch any fish, but the discovery of as many as 20,000 silver coins and pieces of jewelry dates back to the early ...

Few individuals have been able to blend artistry and science together as well as Leonardo Da Vinci. An artist as well as an ...

It all began in Switzerland, with an area of lush agricultural land, and became a dynasty that dominated Southeast Europe for centuries. The Habsburg's rise to power in the High Middle Ages and its ...

The idea of tourism is a relatively new one. In the medieval period, no one traveled for fun. In fact, most people never ventured further than twenty miles from their hometown. If they did, it was ...

World Sandwich Day, celebrated on November 3, highlights the global love for this versatile meal.

Prepare to have your perception of the past completely shaken! From what the Roman emperors wore to how pirates actually ...

Thinking about strawberries and history, I can’t help but picture the strawberry-picking scene in the early 19th-century ...

The show features more than 50 paintings, manuscripts, textiles and other artworks created in Western Europe between the 13th ...