The critical point was, again the Middle Ages, and there you had an adversarial position between the church and the state ...

April Fools' origins may go back all the way to ancient civilization, but the exact start of the prank-filled holiday remains ...

From the fall of Rome to the dawn of the Renaissance, the Middle Ages was an era of history that encompassed massive social change. A time of international warfare, national rebellion, devastating ...

ROME — For centuries ... including the Cosmatesque style of decoration from later in the Middle Ages, when old Roman columns were sliced into thin paving pieces to create elaborately decorated ...

While it is widely believed that April Fools' Day may have roots back in ancient Rome or Britain, clear references to the ...

Researchers explore the possibility of a secret passage that may have been used in ancient times for strategic, diplomatic, or commercial purposes.

Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with Sotterranei di Roma, Undergrounds of Rome, a local group whose members explore ...

While it is widely believed that April Fools' Day may have roots back in ancient Rome or Britain, clear references to the April tradition do not appear until the late Middle Ages, according to ...

While it is widely believed that April Fools' Day may have roots back in ancient Rome or Britain, clear references to the April tradition do not appear until the late Middle Ages, according to ...

Samantha Kelly, a professor and associate chair in the Department of History, recently received the 2024 Book Prize from the ...