To Goodyear, imperfection "was the secret sauce," says Tallon, "that medieval folks sprinkled on their buildings to make them beautiful." Tallon believes the true "secret sauce" was faith.

Erected in 1385 as the bastion of a former royal knight, it’s the epitome of a medieval castle – thick crenelated walls supported by nine stubby towers, arrayed around a square central ...

There’s no better example of the transition from the fortified castles of the medieval era to palatial homes of the Renaissance than this enormous chateau in the Loire Valley. Commissioned as a ...

Castello Aragonese, Italy This island bastion overlooking the Bay of Naples is the oldest castle on our list, tracing its roots to the 5th century BC when Greeks colonized the region.

From the fairytale towers of Bavaria’s Neuschwanstein to the golden battlements of Jaipur’s Amber Fortress in India, these are some of the most beautiful castles around the world.

The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.

Map abbreviations to full length words from K.F. Söderwall's Medieval Swedish Dictionary. The printed dictionary is full of abbreviations meant to save space in print. While working with online ...

But overall, the smoke was becoming less intense in the U.S. These maps show the smoke forecast for Friday and Saturday. The Canadian wildfire smoke forecast for Friday, June 6, 2025, at 9 a.m. ET ...

Topic: medieval murder maps. Cambridge mapping project solves a medieval murder “A tale of shakedowns, sex, and vengeance that expose[s] tensions between the church and England’s elite." ...

Map of homicide 'hotspots' in medieval London. The Archbishop’s letters Looking into the Forde case, Eisner found a letter from Archbishop of Canterbury Simon Mepham to the Bishop of Winchester, sent ...

The location of the murder of John Forde on May 3, 1337. Credit: Medieval Murder Maps / University of Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology / Historic Towns Trust. A longstanding feud.