The Middle Ages were not all about tyrannical rulers and power struggles. Cooperation, compromise, and women in power were ...

A new exhibition in Helsinki spotlights the Gothic themes and influences that connected works by renowned late 19th- and ...

Research project led by Professor Tuomas Heikkilä from the University of Helsinki and other Nordic scholars uses the methods of humanities and natural ...

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A major exhibition touring Europe argues that ... symbolism from the Middle Ages. The skull referred to the Dance of Death, she said, a visual theme from the medieval era that reminds us death ...

While there are plenty of good city-builders set in more recent or even futuristic times ... in games is the Middle Ages, and as such, players will find many great medieval city-building games.

A major exhibition touring Europe argues that modern artists who turned to the dark side were inspired by Gothic art from the ...

But in the Middle Ages, visions, fits of uncontrollable ... Catherine of Siena, famous throughout medieval Europe, not only had visions, but also fasted excessively, to the point of starvation.

Europe's crime museums delve into the fight against the mafia in Palermo, medieval torture devices in Rothenburg and forensic ...

Medieval Times, the campy dinner theater chain ... though the golden era is the Middle Ages, when nobility posed with their hawks and falcons like politicians might pose with a Labradoodle ...