It’s ironic that it took the approval of a foreign emperor who had just conquered Napoleon to restore luxury status to ...

OYSTERS and “escargot” are recognised as luxury foods around the world — but they were once valued by the lower classes as cheap sources of protein. Less adventurous eaters today see snails as a ...

Historians give their view on plans to mark the 1,000th anniversary of William the Conquerer and what was more an English than a French invasion ...

Northern Italy has been hit by a series of devastating floods in recent years. In March 2025 and the previous autumn, heavy ...

In early medieval Italy, people dug canals and drained wetlands not just to farm new land, but also to manage flooding and ...

Warren Frye on “The Last Peasant War,” by Jakub S. Beneš.

We always could count on plenty of help from these farmer-villagers who are the modern counterpart of the medieval peasants. They willingly did the dirty work of beating the bushes, and took the ...

Peasant farming also known as smallholder farming plays a significant role in the coun­try’s agricultural sector, contributing to about 70 per cent of the agricultural sector. It is estimated that ...

The Artemis programme and others aim to send humans to the Moon and, eventually, to Mars. Innovations in health care that support the mission crew could also benefit people at home.