Wallace was the younger son of a Scottish knight and minor landowner. His name, Wallace or le Waleis, means the Welshman, and he was probably descended from Richard Wallace who had followed the ...

Thirty feet under the surface of the cold, murky Baltic Sea, Brendan Foley spotted something unusual in the wreckage of an ...

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth has captured the imagination of anime fans with its thrilling depiction of the high-stakes battle between scientific progress and religious dogma in 15th-century Eur ...

The extra day puts the U.S. Open in line with the Australian Open, which switched its start from Monday to Sunday a year ago, ...

When James Joyce's short story collection Dubliners was published on June 15th 1914 it was the end of a long and tortuous struggle for the writer who had finished the last story in the collection, ...

Until 1297 the heavily armed and mounted knight had been an invincible force on the battlefield. Stirling Bridge was the first battle in Europe to see a common army of spearmen defeat a feudal host.

The time-capsule Kent market town of Tenterden has a wide high street flanked by handsome Georgian buildings, weatherboarded shops and tall beech trees, surrounded by Victorian-era houses, cottages ...

Centuries ago, foreign travelers marveled at Poland's hearty feasts, legendary hospitality, and spirited love for beer and vodka – often followed by brawls and scar-filled duels! While the roads were ...

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Hotels are meant to provide comfort and rest, yet some have earned chilling reputations for being anything but relaxing. Around the globe, certain establishments have become infamous for paranormal ...

Surprising, bold, and enduring… the history of eroticism in the Arab-Muslim world shines a spotlight on homosexuality and the ...

Clad in armor while astride fierce destrier warhorses, knights once roamed medieval Europe in the service of their lords and ...