The church’s ancient defense of women’s dignity proffered by St. Augustine doesn’t need modern ideologies.

The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

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.

Enslaved women in the 18th and early 19th century were often forced to labor in the fields or in an urban setting like ...

It is a brave band, accustomed to filling arenas and headlining festivals, that will step the Sydney Opera House concert hall ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows is a grand return to the series stealth roots that doesn't leave behind players that love the action ...

A blind woman's lucky escape from a fire in her home, the incredible discovery of a 16th century helmet and a girl receiving ...

Dr Mahmood Kooria is an internationally acclaimed historian and researcher who recently won the Infosys award for social ...

The vast majority of female scribes remain anonymous. Many likely worked in convents or lay workshops, their contributions ...

The ex-wife of a late British baron refuses to hand over a 16th-century painting that was stolen from an Italian museum more than 50 years ago — even though she “never really liked it.” ...

A 16th-century painting which was stolen from a museum in Italy 50 years ago has surfaced in Norfolk - but the owner is ...

A British woman won't give up a 16th-century Italian piece of art that she says her late husband bought in the early '70s—and ...