"The critical point was, again the Middle Ages, and there you had an adversarial position between the church and the state ...

New horror-comedy 'Death of a Unicorn' brings us a brutal breed of unicorn—an accurate picture of the beast as passed down ...

Standing in the middle of seven giant tapestries, one is instantly immersed in one of the great battle of history. The blood and guts are firmly off-stage, like the violence of a Greek tragedy, yet ...

One morning in January, I met the musician Lucy Dacus at the Cloisters, the medieval-art museum at the northwestern tip of ...

There has long been a great fascination with the Medieval period of history. Thousands of stories, whether historical or fantastical, are set or based during this era. It is an era that has been ...

Harvard scientist Dr. Willie Soon introduces a bold hypothesis that a mathematical formula could prove the existence of God. Drawing upon the fine-tuning argument, he suggests that the universe's ...

A missing fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry was discovered in the state archives of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s northernmost state, more than 80 years after Nazi researchers stole it from ...

The rare gem-set Medieval bishop's ring is expected to sell for between £15,000 to £18,000 A rare Medieval bishop's ring found by a retired firefighter in a Norfolk field is expected to fetch up ...

Medieval art is full of unicorns. One famous example is the series of tapestries known as the Lady ... and thus breaking his vow to God as a Nazarite. The illustrators of the Wharncliffe Hours ...

Mark Carney, a highly regarded economist and former banker has emerged as the frontrunner to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with the Liberal Party set to announce its new leader ...

Armor vs. bullets Exactly when the medieval period or "Middle Ages" started and ended is a matter of debate, with dates falling roughly between A.D. 500 and 1500. Although the period is ...