You may feel you’ve already seen all the highlights of Europe, yet there are still lesser-known corners waiting to be explored. With its rich culture, striking landscapes and deep history, the ...

Victoria Lissaman visited the South Brittany resort in the height of summer and found a park infused with French seaside charm.

When you think of old paintings, your mind may wander to an image with a somber, stiff tone. It’s likely because most of the ...

Welcome to the very first video of Life of a Soldier. Today we are going to be following King Henry V of England. He took his recent french bride to England to show her the land of England. But of his ...

Duc, and Émile Boeswillwald, Janvier; Lemaire et frères (contractors), southern choir aisle of Notre-Dame de Paris, shop ...

Astronomers suggest the honor should go to an 11th century monk known for a disastrous flying attempt.

GO: Shaping the Soul: Books in Medieval Life at Lewis & Clark College’s Watzek Library, 615 S Palatine Hill Road, ...

For nearly 180 years, both the church and the town of Saint-Denis have been without that landmark steeple. Damaged by storms, it was dismantled in 1847, supposedly so it could be built back better.

Sometimes it takes a village to raise a window. Between 2015 and 2017, skilled masons meticulously carved and beveled arches and four-lobed flourishes for a Gothic-style stone window frame in Guédelon ...

The medieval period, also known as the Middle Ages, lasted roughly from the 5th to 15th centuries in Europe. It was a time of massive political, social, and cultural change which was marked by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1457, a sow and her piglets were put on trial for the murder of a child in the village of Savigny in Burgundy, France. The sow ...

Usually, when people hear the term “illuminated manuscript,” they think of enormous, leather-bound books, produced painstakingly by the hands of medieval European monks, and filled to the brim with ...