Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

Medieval art, whether produced in Europe or in neighboring regions, relied on extensive social and economic networks penetrating and connecting Africa, Asia, and Europe. A series of trading posts, ...

When we dismiss the Middle Ages as a dark, regrettable period, we aren't acknowledging what was going on outside Europe. While Europe was a moldering cultural backwater, the Arab world was ...

Why were the Middle Ages dark? Isn't it true that this epoch conjures up ominous images of superstition and witch-hunting? Burning pyres and plague doctors hurrying strangely muffled along dark ...

It is only a leisurely morning drive north from the Romanian capital of Bucharest to Brasov, a provincial center in the heart of the country. I have always found Brasov to be more sophisticated and ...