In the early 19th century, a gifted and divisive figure from France became a political giant in Europe – and it wasn’t ...

Rising from the fires of the French Revolution, one young man reached the top of European politics – not through seizing ...

In medieval England, violence was a reality of everyday life — but theft? That was deliberate, unforgivable, and more likely ...

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If your donkey fell ill in ancient Mesopotamia, the solution wasn’t to summon a vet: it was to call an exorcist. It was a lucrative career path that began with sick animals, but could culminate at a ...

In the summer of 1488, King James III of Scotland was fleeing a battlefield. His army had collapsed at the battle of Sauchieburn, and his teenage son, the future James IV, had joined the rebel nobles ...

You’re living in medieval England and just celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter. The sun is getting warmer, and the fields are getting greener. So, that must mean it’s time for ...

In the summer of 1607, a man named Anthony Fernseed was found dead in a field – his throat slit. Yet when his wife, Margaret, was informed of his death, she barely seemed bothered at all. “She [was] ...