This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... more assiduously coveted by European nations in the early 16th century than the information recorded ...

Goodman memorializes de la Rocque de Roberval and her remarkable valor through masterful writing, reminding the 21st century ...

These actions were crimes in Tudor times. The 16th century saw the start of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. Protestant ideas began to spread to England and Wales in the 1520s, influencing ...

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles The Central European School, 16th Century comprised a group of artists active in ...

Peter Stumpp's alleged crimes and execution remain one of the most legendary — and disputed — werewolf trials in history ...

A 16th-century secret passageway built for the ruling family of Florence, Italy, has opened to the public for the first time in history ... all the courts of modern Europe.” ...