Irish merchants were drawn to Tenerife by the growing economic opportunities offered by the island's sweet wines ...
The design for a medical study in 1743 that was never carried out may have inspired James Lind’s groundbreaking clinical ...
At the time, "not one European country" recognised Russia's ... As Putin lectured the young entrepreneurs on an 18th Century tsar, a series of words flashed up behind them: 'future', 'confident ...
OP-ED. Donald Trump's recent foreign policy statements mark a return to the 'exceptionalist' doctrine born at the end of the ...
A violin made by renowned Italian craftsman Antonio Stradivari during his 18th century "Golden Period" is heading for auction ...
In the eighteenth century, women became mathematicians, astronomers and physicists. Others played a leading role in intellectual and social life. Women began to enjoy these more prominent roles in ...
The origin and popularity of Chinoiserie can be seen as a broad and deep engagement with and imitation of Chinese culture and art by Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. This period marked the first ...
The cathedral's first spire was built in the 13th Century, but due to extensive damage it was removed in the late 18th Century. Its replacement, designed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc ...