Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

Anglo-Saxons joined the Byzantine Varangian Guard after the 1066 Norman Conquest, shaping the Byzantine Empire.

When I began exploring the history of Christianity and the art it inspired, I had no idea it would lead me to one of the ...

A noblewoman from a prominent house in the Kingdom of Hungary, Elizabeth Bathory was famously tried and convicted for killing hundreds of women and girls over a twenty-year period. Four of her ...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, once a society fixture, is the real life inspiration behind one of the central characters in ...