Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

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Aurangzeb’s Deccan campaign to subjugate Golconda and Bijapur as well as his Maratha adversaries was funded to a great extent ...

Gaelic football, a traditional Irish sport that traces its roots to 17th century Ireland, has inspired a passionate following ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on early modern history and economic history continue with a video ...

In April 1636, two aspiring lawyers, eager to make their way in the world, corresponded about the state of affairs in London.

Exploring the places linking the successful woman artist Artemisia Gentileschi and writer Anna Banti who devoted a novel to ...

A British scholar’s analysis of a 17th-century letter fragment challenges long-held beliefs about the Bard’s marriage.

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Cartagena, a visually stunning city brimming with pedestrian (and, at night, equestrian) activity, can sometimes be ...

With a long-lost and recently discovered painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, ‘Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy’, on ...