in France, establish All Souls’ as a November observance and make that date normative for other abbeys dependent on Cluny. Thereafter the custom spread widely in the Western Church. The literary ...
A tiny town with rock bottom house prices despite sitting in the shadows of stunning Lake District mountains is beginning to register on the radar of property investors from down south.
It only took 25 years for Little Big Town to become members of the Christmas Album club. While many acts hop into the holiday spirit early in their careers, the veteran country quartet of Karen ...
A study of a remarkable medieval skeleton found in a well at a castle in Norway has helped to corroborate events detailed in an 800-year-old Norse saga. Michael Martin, one of the authors of the ...
Over the past six decades Lucca Comics and Games, which is held annually within the medieval ramparts of the Tuscan town of Lucca, has expanded exponentially to become the largest geek meet in Europe.
Elon Musk speaking at a town hall on Oct. 20 in Pittsburgh. (Michael Swensen/Getty Images) Billionaire Elon Musk is returning to Pennsylvania for a town hall Saturday night in support of former ...
A new analysis indicates the human remains found in a well in Norway are from a 1197 raid described in a royal history. A new scientific examination of 800-year-old human remains in Norway ...
The Sverris saga, a quasi-fictional historical account from the end of the 12th century CE, recaps the reign of the medieval Norwegian king Sverre Sigurdsson. One of the best-known passages ...