Central Europe has long been a crossroads of cultures, where Eastern and Western influences collide in fascinating ways. From ...

Jonathan Kirsch, a contributing writer to the Book Review, is the author of, most recently, "The Woman Who Laughed at God: The Untold History of the Jewish People." The rich and remarkable landscape ...

While scholars like Copernicus undoubtedly learned from the Islamic world, this was a two-way street, stressed Morrison.

Across stormy seas and river highways, we trace how the Viking longship turned Scandinavia into the medieval world’s most ...

The European Commission and Europa Nostra foundation has honored Poland's medieval altarpiece for outstanding conservation. The Wit Stwosz (Veit Stoss) altar is widely regarded as a Gothic masterpiece ...

Today, the Middle Ages are a sort of paradox; the myth of the “Dark Ages,” which survives quite ably in popular culture, allows space for it to be whatever the popular imagination wants. When people ...

King Arthur’s lasting renown is one for the books. But a statistical spotlight now shines on medieval European literature’s round table of lost and forgotten stories. An international team used a ...

General introduction to major themes in the cultural, intellectual, and institutional history of China and Japan, with some attention to Korea and Southeast Asia. Two lectures, one preceptorial. This ...

One of the major realizations of the Anthropocene era has been the importance of biodiversity for the functioning of the ...

Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as ...