The Age of Reason associated with the names of Descartes, Newton, Hobbes, and the French philosophers, actually began in the universities that first emerged in the late Middle Ages (1100 to 1600) when ...

In the Middle Ages, as today, visual art offered an avenue to explore, affirm, and sometimes challenge social roles and relationships. Medieval people defined themselves and their neighbors through ...

from Romanesque Art through the Middle Ages up to the early 20th Century Fra Diamante, "Adoration of the Child and Crucifixion", ca. 1470, oil on wood, dimensions: 45,7 x 52,5; frame: 25 x 49 cm, ...

The medieval fair held in the Ürgüp district of Nevşehir attracted visitors dressed in period attire, creating a vibrant ...

Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...

Here’s everything you need to know about traveling to Perugia, including the best restaurants, hotels, and things to do on ...

The jokers of yore continue to resonate with viewers today, appearing as a 'figurative representation of questions troubling ...

This post was updated Oct. 20 at 9:04 p.m. As the leaves begin to blanket the ground, a change of scenery presents Los ...

There were very few doctors in the Middle Ages. Training to be a doctor could take years of study and, at the time, there were very few universities. The main European universities in the Middle ...

The contributors draw the link between memory and medieval science, management of power, and remembrance of the dead ancestors through examples from southern Europe as a means of enriching and ...

The Medieval Gallery, which stands at 14 High St, brought back the lost world of the arts of the castle, manor house and ...

Art History and History in Rome. From 2000 to 2005 he served on the board of directors of the Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange between Italy and the United States. A specialist in the ...