Queen Urraca of León-Castile was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in medieval Spain. The daughter of King Alfonso VI, she reigned during a time marked by political conflict ...

This new ritual would cement the power medieval kings held, as sovereign rulers who ascended the throne by hereditary right, but who also had to maintain favourable relationships with the nobility and ...

The new art gallery on the Promenade Deck is filled with artworks that were spread around the ship and sometimes missed or ignored by visitors.

These Medieval Manuscripts Were Bound With an Unlikely Animal Hide An analysis of 16 texts in a French Abbey found their surfaces were covered with uncommon hair.

Queen Eleanor, independent spirit of the Medieval world : a biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Brooks, Polly Schoyer Publication date 1999 Topics Eleanor, of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, ...

A TikTok posted of popstar Chappell Roan and actress Sasha Calle at Paris Fashion Week has everyone excited for their budding friendship.

Royal saints: Ælfric's Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr; St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland -- 5. Pilgrimage: St. Augustine on the Rites at the Martyrs' Tombs, Pilgrimage and Miracles in North Africa, ...

The reputation of Queen Victoria as stern and socially conservative is overstated, as her gifts to Prince Albert reveal.

Queen Elizabeth II was one of the most visually scrutinized and recorded people in history, and she shrewdly used that to manage her image over her 70-year reign—even though a handful of artists ...

Queen Elizabeth II of Britain was one of the world’s most photographed and painted people. Three artists explain how they made portraits of the monarch that stood out from the crowd.

From Harry Potter to Game of Thrones, pop culture is saturated with medieval imagery. Now, a new exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, “The Fantasy of the Middle Ages,” explores this ...

The Getty's "Fantasy of the Middle Ages" exhibition plumbs the intersection of medieval times and pop culture, from "Harry Potter" to decades of Disney films.