The execution of this verdict on June 17, 1242 was joyfully supervised by priests and bishops and King Louis himself. For ...

“The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic World” at the Detroit Institute of Arts closes on January 5.

In 1320, King Wladyslaw I reunited Poland and established Krakow as its capital, marking the city’s rise as a hub for trade ...

A 13th-century jubé or rood screen that previously separated the choir and sanctuary from public view was among the more ...

Next up on our grand tour of Michigan’s European-inspired spots is the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House. It’s like Downton Abbey ...

Picture a place 2,000 miles off Chile’s coast, only 14 miles long. Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are ...

In the Latvian capital, pagan traditions are closely observed to mark the winter solstice — but there’s also a creative, ...

Work attributed to Panselinos, from the late 13th and early 14th centuries, is considered the finest produced in an empire that straddled Europe and Asia and endured from the fall of Rome until the ...

Crime-solving techniques applied to a medieval illuminated manuscript in Paris may have solved a centuries-old puzzle — the ...

Across the Italian countryside, sacred religious spots are offering tranquility to a new generation of travelers.

Sometimes, on an autumn day somewhere in eastern Europe, it can be difficult to tell precisely which century has fallen under your immediate gaze. Baroque flourishes, Gothic pomp, neoclassical style – ...

Two exhibitions have just opened that look at art and tech: in London ... Rebecca Feakes, the librarian at the Blickling Estate, a 17-century mansion in Norfolk, UK, run by the National Trust ...