Filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu brings his documentary We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe ...

During the Renaissance, this ancient practice began ... who were the vast majority of the European population. In 1702, the French traveler Jouvin de Rochefort recalled eating with a family ...

All across Europe ... standard medical practice during the whole of the Middle Ages. They were only challenged and improved upon when a new generation of Renaissance doctors were allowed to ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Archaeological remains from the 16th century have revealed some secrets about the activities that a European Renaissance alchemist ... The remains were discovered during excavations between ...