Several mass burials, including a room where 150 bodies were buried in a mass grave, were recently unearthed beneath a Paris supermarket. The bodies were once buried in the cemetery of the Trinity ...

UC Santa Barbara professor Sharon Farmer’s new book explores the class and gender implications of the silk trade in medieval Paris For centuries, silk has been associated with wealth and royalty.

In the heart of Paris, Île de la Cité once featured one of the most majestic palaces of medieval times: The Palais des Rois. Built in the early Middle Ages, only two parts of this grandiose palace ...

Fans of true crime and procedural mysteries will find special pleasure in Blood Royal, Eric Jager's reconstruction of the 1407 murder of Louis of Orléans, the French king's brother, who was set upon ...

PARIS — Women in flowered robes and matching head coverings stroll past stalls stocked with Algerian spices, Moroccan olives and Tunisian pastries. The glass cases at Au Royaume De L’ Oriental display ...

PARIS - The rich fabrics and draped silks brought to Europe by the medieval crusaders inspired Vivienne Westwood's fall-winter 2013-14 tour de force. They were interpreted with the British designer's ...

PARIS — Wearing hard hats and protective suits, members of the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral sang inside the medieval Paris landmark for the first time since last year’s devastating fire for a special ...