• 12th Century: Rings and crozier heads from the Cathedral Treasury, symbolising the wealth and influence of Chichester’s ...

The parade is known for its protagonists dressed in 17th-century style masks, that traditionally poked ... These include monsignors, priests, nuns, widows and widowers, mad people, wives and "cuckolds ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

Dating back to the 17th century, the continually controversial Bergen blue laws ban the Sunday sale of non-essential items such as furniture, appliances, clothing and cars, the Record said.

The nuns at Our Lady of Angels in Aston, Pennsylvania, are preparing to watch their Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl with special prayers and music. Kelsey Grammer and Ted Danson Didn’t ...

Following up on a tip by a 17th century Jesuit monk, researchers discover an Inca tunnel network under Cusco. (photo credit: OJUP. Via Shutterstock) Archaeologists in Peru find a hidden Inca ...

He was writing at a time of significant upheaval in 17th-century England. It was probably the bloodiest and most volatile time in its history. An estimated 200,000 people lost their lives in the ...

The closest echo in art history for such a fiercely furrowed, lock-eyed, and, yes, trumpant glare is an out-of-the-way portrait from the paintbrush of the 17th-Century Italian Baroque artist ...

A 17th Century mourning ring discovered by a metal detectorist in Dorset is to go under the hammer. Anthony Woolmington, who has been metal detecting for eight years, found the ring on a farm near ...

When Alessandro Michele was growing up in Rome in the 1970s, one of his favorite pastimes was to rummage through his mother’s ...