His death made John Nepomucene, who was later canonized, the first “ martyr of the confessional ” — one of four priests ...

When Louis I, Duke of Anjou in late-14th-century France, commissioned a tapestry illustrating the Book of Revelation, the artist and weavers he hired must have quaked in their boots.

In her presentation, Mary Edwards will discuss the impact of Greco-Roman art on the Italian artist, Altichiero, who painted frescoes in the late 14th century in Padua. Though Altichiero was painting ...

Known as poulaines, pointy leather shoes were the height of fashion in 14th century Britain. Medieval men and women about town, however, paid a high price for their fancy footwear: They got bunions.

Known as poulaines, pointy leather shoes were the height of fashion in 14th century Britain. Medieval men and women about town, however, paid a high price for their fancy footwear: They got bunions.