500-year-old diaries tell a story of plague, famine and ‘despair’ in Transylvania
Researchers are using diary entries, travel notes, religious registers, and other primary historical records to better understand extreme climate shifts in Transylvania during the 16th century.
Long-Buried Secret Exposed Under 16th-Century Titian Painting Of Jesus
Advanced digital imaging reveals a portrait of an unknown man beneath "Ecce Homo," an oil painting by renowned Renaissance ...
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What 15th-Century Lovers Wrote in Their Valentines
The world's oldest Valentine is on display in the "Medieval Women: In Their Own Words" exhibition at the British Library in ...
Historical Records Unveil 16th Century Transylvania’s Climate Struggles
Historical records detail Transylvania’s 16th-century climate struggles, revealing the effects of droughts, floods, and famine.
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500-year-old Transylvanian diaries show how the Little Ice Age completely changed life and death in the region
A new study, published in Frontiers in Climate, highlights how these human accounts help fill gaps in our understanding of ...
'Faerie smut' is having a moment — just like it did in 1500
Stories like A Court of Thorns and Roses have been seducing audiences with tales of romance and magical danger for hundreds ...
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Andrei Kurkov: ‘We needed a war to show that Ukraine is different from Russia’
The acclaimed Ukrainian author and essayist talks about his experience as a Soviet-born, Russian-speaking novelist, the ...