Legends about Jesus’ early years circulated widely in the Middle Ages. Mary Dzon reflects on some of the stories.

Contrary to popular belief, illuminated manuscripts were not exclusively made in Europe—one of the most impressive is from ...

Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the ...

Bowl-Licker scrounges around kitchens looking for leftovers. Door-Slammer wakes people up in the middle of the night. And ...

The buttery oval kringle, filled with fruit, nuts, and sometimes cheese, is an icon of Racine, Wisconsin, whose bakeries even ...

In the medieval feudal system, the nobility were generally those who held a fief, often land or office under vassalage in exchange for military allegiance to their sovereign. Living alongside serfs, ...

"It isn't a superficial collapse, as the photographs clearly show; rather, the extent of the collapse is considerable". Conservation group ARCA had warned authorities for years about the severe ...

Year 2 pupils from St Bernard’s Lower Primary School spent a day exploring the topic of castles through a series of ...

Halfway between Rome and Lake Bolsena, Viterbo overlooks the volcanic hills of northern Lazio. This fortified town, long the ...

Wednesday evening on this ordinarily quiet central Bundaberg street has the typical ambiance of most suburban neighbourhoods in the area.

Early modern surgeons passionately debated where and how to cut the body to remove fingers, toes, arms and legs in ways ...