While monarchies reigned in 16th-century Europe, painters and dramatists began portraying the middle-class home with unusual “seriousness and sympathy,” says Richard Helgerson, a professor of ...

Think again Tycho Brahe, whose statue overlooks the Østervold Observatory in Denmark, was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution in 16th-century Europe. A new book explores the cultural and ...

astronomers and historians in Berlin has used machine-learning applications to learn more about the evolutionary history of European astronomical thought in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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 ...

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

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 ...

In this one-hour special, Rick Steves visits key sites relating to the Reformation and explores the complicated political world of 16th-century Europe — from indulgences to iconoclasts.

“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 ...

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 ...

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 Arizona Renaissance Festival, a 37-year tradition, recreates a 16th-century European village in the Arizona desert. Visitors can enjoy a variety of entertainment, including jousting knights ...