Fingers started wagging when 16th-century European women began wearing masks to protect their skin and hide their identities. Masked women on a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Laeken (now part of ...

But the heart of Europe is ... from the 13th century, has a mix of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements and a bell tower with panoramic views of the city. Stay: The 16th-century Hotel Růže ...

Decoding the Jewels: Renaissance Jewellery in Scotland unveils the meanings of a small but stellar collection of elite jewellery from 16th-century Scotland ... into a pan-European circulation ...

In the 16th century, Europe and the North Atlantic went through a strange climate episode called the Little Ice Age. It was a ...

Their transition to Europe was marked by a transformation towards fashion. By the late 16th century, European aristocrats, inspired by Persian emissaries, adopted heels as symbols of power and ...

revealing the sarcophagi of three key 16th-century rulers in their burial finery. The Jagiellon and Habsburg dynasties were among the most powerful families in Europe, Sotincenka said, and they ...

the team described its plans to use artificial intelligence to identify and analyze references to smells from 16th- to early 20th-century Europe in historical texts and images. The aim ...

“The main difference was religion.” In 15th- and 16th-century Europe, the distinction between Christian and Muslim identities played a greater role in determining social status than skin color ...