Now well over 800 years old, the Codex Gigas is one of the most impressive artifacts from the Medieval period of Europe.

However, these sweets did not yet have the typical curved shape of candy cane. At the time, candy canes were simply white in ...

The Book of Kells—an illuminated manuscript of the Christian gospels, the New Testament books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and ...

Does Italian cuisine exist?  Not according to Alberto Grandi, daring food historian and professor of economic history at the University of Parma.  With ...

Life in many medieval towns revolved around constructing a cathedral, a massive undertaking that took generations of work by everyone from artists and architects to prisoners of war. Work in ...