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A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.

As England and France fought for possession of the French crown, The Hundred Years War would become the longest, bloodiest ...

Step into the magic of Riquewihr, one of France’s most beautiful villages. Nestled in Alsace, this medieval gem transforms ...

Firefighters managed to extract a worker from beneath rubble inside a medieval tower that partially collapsed during ...

And let's not forget those brutal punishments that make horror movie scenes seem tame. The Medieval period, often idealized ...

More than 160 cremation graves were discovered at the ancient site of Olbia, which began as a fortified Greek settlement around 350 B.C. in what is now the south of France. The ge ...

Mass hysteria? Ergot poisoning? Or just despair? Here’s why what started as one woman’s dance spiraled into one of history’s ...

Ancient stone towers and golden rooftops glow under the sunset, revealing the timeless charm of Carcassonne’s perfectly ...