Amish farmers and crafts people will likely soon have a place to go in western Benton County to sell their products.

The unverified claims by Valentina Salerno has unsettled Renaissance scholars, especially since a recent sketch of a foot ...

Forget “ eye of newt and toe of frog/wool of bat and tongue of dog.” People in the 16th century were more akin to DIY ...

Early modern surgeons passionately debated where and how to cut the body to remove fingers, toes, arms and legs in ways medieval surgeons hadn’t. This was partly because they confronted two new ...

As with much late-medieval faith, things were complex and there clearly was a hunger for a relationship with Christ, even if ...

Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.

Do the Amish pay taxes? In the quiet landscapes of rural North America, the Amish community thrives, embracing a way of life steeped in tradition, simplicity, ...

There British royal family has witnessed a century of the crown in crisis due to public scandal and scrutiny, with the aftermath impacting social and political life in the UK ...

The ritual of eating pancakes to mark the start of Lent has been observed in Britain since around the 16th century ...

"The Immortal Magu with Wine Vessels" ink on silk scroll, on exhibit at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from WBUR's ...

A V12-powered Century sounds unexpected today, but it’s actually a callback to the brand’s second-generation roots. Even better, recent reports from Japan indicate that the upcoming Century Coupe, ...

Dame Sarah Mullally has officially taken up the post as Archbishop of Canterbury in a service in St Paul's Cathedral, making her the first woman to serve as top minister of the Anglican Church. One ...