In order to avoid continued outside interference, Pope Gregory X in the 13th century adopted a new procedure: the conclave. Cardinals would remain in a locked location – from the Latin cum clave, ...

On a day trip in East Devon, why not combine a wander around one of the various market towns before taking a hike in the surrounding ...

As news of the pope’s death traveled across the globe, observers fondly remembered a man who bought his own eyeglasses, got ...

A clothing retailer more than half a century old has been forced to close all but one of its stores. Winfields Outdoors, which sells outdoor clothing and camping equipment, has closed six of its ...

Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales ... as they were individually handwritten by medieval scribes, and fewer than 40 copies are known to exist.

Archaeologists have uncovered an underground structure at the Binnenhof in The Hague, revealing some of the oldest structural remains of the historic site, dating back to the 13th century, the ...

a beautiful medieval city in Italy. My world was defined by a ring of stone walls built in the 13th century – running around narrow cobbled streets, playing hide and seek amongst shadowy ...

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.

I grew up in Cittadella, a beautiful medieval city in Italy. My world was defined by a ring of stone walls built in the 13th century – running around narrow cobbled streets ... Nowak is especially ...

From Arthur’s birth to his ascension to king and eventually his presumed death, medieval writers told ... Library discovered part of a 13th-century manuscript “hidden in plain sight” in ...