I realised that none of the music from the 1790s – a period when gothic was phenomenally popular – was intended to scare. On the contrary, it was called upon to provide relief from the scare. In late ...

Then, in the 15th century, German bakeries began to sell one-layer cakes for customers' birthdays. As part of the German Kinderfeste, which dates back to the Middle Ages, children (“kinder” in German) ...

A magnificent 15th-century construction, this castle has stood as a fortress, a home to royalty, and a symbol of political authority. The Sforza Castle in Milan is steeped in legends, particularly ...

A secret cache of treasure, comprising burial crowns and insignia belonging to Polish and Lithuanian rulers, has been uncovered after more than 85 years from Vilnius Cathedral in Lithuania.

In the 1920s the Metropolitan Museum of Art began to explore filmmaking as part of its educational program and in 1924 it released two films about Arms and Armor ... scenes a Gothic armor steps ...

The “Liber Pontificalis,” a catalog of papal biographies that began to be compiled in the sixth century, tells us that he was from Rome and the son of an otherwise unknown man named Rufinus.

“Pope” comes from the Greek word for “father,” and was widely used by bishops until the fifth century, when the bishop of Rome began to monopolize the title. Silvester’s era was one of ...

The German was surrounded by beautiful prostitutes and unsuccessfully tried to buy a Japanese sword, according to his diary, which was recently translated into Japanese. Schliemann and his fellow ...

A see-thru loin-cloth. These are just some of the startling details to be discovered in the works of Bartolome de Cardenas, Spain’s greatest master of 15th century Gothic art. Known as ‘El ...

Here, then, are a few of their best bets: Gob Squad’s Kitchen (January 16 to 18 at the Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre) “That is a blow-your-mind piece,” says Armour of the German ...