Hattiesburg's Pocket Museum is hosting a new exhibit called, "A Pocket Full of Posey: Plague Doctors and Peculiar Cures." ...

In a new book, art historian Jack Hartnell reconsiders the gruesome image as “one of the period’s most sophisticated repositories of medical hope.” ...

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Some years ago, an article in the News Letter referred to an analysis of what Ulster schools chose as their option for CCEA’s GCSE in History. A project by school students in England had trawled the ...

The traditional Italian observation—Se non è vero, è ben trovato (even if it isn't true, it makes a good story)—reflects a good deal of human history. One such colorful event was the 14th-century War ...

In 1229 the people of Dunstable declared that they would rather go to hell than submit in a dispute over taxes. This was not mere rhetoric: their clash over tolls was with the town’s priory, and they ...

Packaged foods such as McVitie’s biscuits and cola drinks started out, in the 1800s, as ‘cures’ for lifestyle diseases such as indigestion. See how they evolved In his book A Treatise on the Stomach ...

With the country going England flag-crazy and nationalism reaching near hysterical levels, what better time is there to build a theme park based on British history? Puy du Fou, who put on highly ...

The Knight's Templar were a religious military order founded in 1119 and recognised by a papal bull in 1139. The order became one of the most powerful organisations in medieval Christendom, and a ...

Owain Glyndŵr’s revolt against English rule is one of the best-known uprisings of the Middle Ages. His name is immortalised in Welsh legend, remembered as the leader who defied the English crown for ...