Europe’s islands are where wellness returns to its roots. Think crater walks, thermal springs, forest saunas and bracing, salt-laced air. Here are a few of the most restorative escapes for travellers ...

New study finds that plant biodiversity collapsed in landscapes where arable production was abandoned during and after the Black Death era.

The bubonic plague, which swept across Europe between 1347 and 1353, is estimated to have killed up to one half of the continent's population. The sudden loss of life led to the abandonment of farms, ...

Wardship was an integral part of medieval feudalism—common wherever people had wealth to pass down, Sykes explains. It gradually became codified, evolving into “a practice shaped by law but also by ...

Medieval Western Europe is often portrayed as backward compared to the Islamic world—but the evidence tells a different story ...

A cityscape of the capital of Luxembourg. Travelers often overlook tiny European countries, but, as I discovered on a recent trip to Luxembourg—Europe's seventh-smallest nation, with a population of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cityscape of the capital of Luxembourg. Westend61/Getty Images Meander through Luxembourg's elegant city center and stop at the ...

Meander through Luxembourg's elegant city center and stop at the magnificent Cathedral Notre-Dame, built in 1613. Spend an afternoon shopping at the chic Galeries Lafayette followed by sumptuous bites ...

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Europe is home to countless medieval locations. From the tidal island of Mont Saint-Michel, to the spooky castles of Transylvania, Europe's Middle Ages provided some of the world's most amazing places ...

Saskia Hatvany / OPB In a small room at the campus library at Lewis & Clark College, glass cases keep the dust off a recently acquired set of centuries-old objects. “Shaping the Soul” is an exhibit of ...