SYRACUSE, NY -- When Middle Ages Brewing Co. opened in 1995, craft brewing in the United States, and especially in New York state, was still in its toddler stage. It was one of 858 breweries -- and ...

Here’s a breakdown of the origin of the Christmas Tree and which culture is credited with the Christmas tree traditions we ...

Every historical period has its "zombie myths" - ideas so ingrained into the popular imagination that they're almost impossible to kill, ones that rear their ugly heads again and again, as if they've ...

Europe was a fairly grim place at the beginning of the Middle Ages. The fifth century, roughly considered to mark the start of the Middle Ages, saw the breakdown of the Roman Empire and the ...

As time goes on, the “Middle Ages” is exposed as an inadequate name for the period in history that it purports to describe. As with other labels, such as “the Enlightenment” and “the age of Reason,” ...

Tay, but coming up next Saturday, December 13th, Cruel Summer is throwing music's biggest star a birthday party. The tribute ...

"The past isn't dead. It isn't even past." So goes the famous William Faulkner quote. This is very true, but I would add: The past is a PR battle. History is not an exact science, and historians have ...

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The Middle Ages had some rather surprising customs. Archery, for example, was compulsory at one point, and it was even ...

Universidad CEU San Pablo provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation ES. “People have the right to live as they wish, we are no longer in the Middle Ages.” This statement, made ...