Chess spread quickly through feudal Europe, far from its roots in sixth-century India. Here’s how the game of strategy kept the elite entertained.

Feudalism dominated medieval Europe for centuries - but by the end of the Middle Ages, it had begun to unravel. In this episode, Kings and Generals explores the multifaceted collapse of feudal society ...

Contrary to the myth that kings routinely ruled over cowed subordinates by "divine right" in the Middle Ages, civil ...

In predicting the future, we often turn to our past experiences. Humanity has, after all, faced pandemics like this one before — many times, in fact — and few are as memorable and menacing as the ...

FOR more than two years the five thousand inhabitants of Andorra, all mountain peasants, have been stirred by a bitter conflict with their co-Princes, the Spanish Bishop of Urgel and the President of ...