How did Gothic art influence the modernists? An exhibition in Norway explores how artists like Dürer and Hans Holbein's ...

Bahr undertook a complete re-examination of the tome, complete with spectroscopic analysis and mathematical investigation, to ...

MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed ...

One of the greatest comedy duos of all time is Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade. Though they haven't done a lot of duo work over ...

There has long been a great fascination with the Medieval period of history. Thousands of stories, whether historical or fantastical, are set or based during this era. It is an era that has been ...

The rare gem-set Medieval bishop's ring is expected to sell for between £15,000 to £18,000 A rare Medieval bishop's ring found by a retired firefighter in a Norfolk field is expected to fetch up ...

A rare Medieval bishop's ring found by a retired firefighter in a Norfolk field is expected to fetch up to £18,000 at auction. The gold ring, which has a central hexagonal cabochon sapphire with ...

Medieval art is full of unicorns. One famous example is the series of tapestries known as the Lady and the Unicorn, which now hang in the Musée Cluny in Paris. And the artworks have an unexpected ...

Armor vs. bullets Exactly when the medieval period or "Middle Ages" started and ended is a matter of debate, with dates falling roughly between A.D. 500 and 1500. Although the period is ...

Bianca Frölich, an art and antiques specialist at Frölich Kunst & Antiek, says little survives from the period the ring was created in the Low Countries. “Where the economic wind is blowing is ...

The most famous and longstanding of these was the “Old” Medieval bridge, finished in 1209 during the reign of King John. For over 600 years this bridge was the key crossing point of the Thames in ...

Court of Alderman (c) ianVisits Within the City of London, the Livery Companies emerged from the old medieval trading guilds, which protected their trades and acted as an early welfare state for their ...