As Lille Catholic University begins its 150th anniversary celebrations, La Croix looks at the history and unique identity of ...

Easter is linked to a number of traditions, some religious, others not. Today, people celebrate the holiday with brunches, candy, and pastel outfits (and in some cases, fancy hats and bonnets). But ...

The more things change, the more they remain the same.” That time-honored adage has a contemporary application with respect to the current Russo-Ukrainian War. What is happening in Ukraine is nothing ...

Playing cards traveled a long way before they reached France and became the classic hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades that we know today.

Venice used new art commissions to help its citizens understand the changing nature of power and quell public anxiety during ...

Based on Hilary Mantel's novel "The Mirror & the Light," the last installment in the acclaimed television series chronicles ...

March is National Women’s History Month, and there are many things people do to commemorate that. During the Middle Ages in ...

A study provides new insights into the many overlooked women scribes who wrote manuscripts in the Middle Ages.

A treasure expert is appealing for local historians to solve a mystery around the owner of a medieval seal matrix. The 13th ...

The objects are indeed real – they are the centuries-old skeletal, human remains exhumed from Rome's underground catacombs.

The eventful Avignon Papacy included three different popes ruling at the same time and an Irish king complaining about the ...

Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia.