The history of Portugal is rich, complex, and deeply rooted in the early history of the Iberian Peninsula. In this video, we ...

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Seven years ago, the Roman Catholic Church elected its first leader from outside Europe since the 8th century. He took the name of the patron saint of animals and the environment.

For royalty and elite, St John’s Blood and Armenian red (dating back as far as the 8th Century BCE, according to Butler Greenfield), created the most vibrant saturated reds available in Europe ...

A fresh telling of the earliest encounters between the Islamic world and Christian Europe hardly needs justification. Legacies of these conflicts, David Levering Lewis notes with understatement, ...

THE hottest and sunniest European beaches have been revealed – and an honourable mention goes to one that isn’t even on the ...

As things stand, at least nine English teams will feature in European competition, but certain results could make it 10. As it stands, the club finishing eighth have a chance of qualifying for the ...

The Holy Face of Lucca, an 8-foot-tall crucifix with a central role in Christian iconography, has survived more than 1,000 years. By Elisabetta Povoledo ROME — For centuries, in a picturesque ...

For eight centuries southern Spain was the center of Islam in Europe, starting In the 8th Century when Moors from North Africa brought Islam to Spain. Pedro Martinez Montanvez is with the Autonoma ...

The Convent of St Gall, a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery, was, from the 8th century to its secularization in 1805, one of the most important in Europe. Its library is one of the ...

Viking metalwork craft and expertise evolved from 8th to 9th century. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 04 / 210420092918.htm ...

The earliest fragments of English reveal how interconnected Europe has been for centuries, finds Cameron Laux. He traces a history of the language through 10 objects and manuscripts.

By the end of the 8th century, believers throughout Europe were marking the season with feasts, drinks, and all-around debauchery. Here are some of the more colorful ways Christmas was celebrated ...