The tragic tale of Harold, the king who lost England to William the Conqueror in an infamous battle, still looms large in ...

From Parisian bistros to Vienna’s grand salons and boutique hotels across Europe, Ton’s bentwood chairs shape the spaces ...

New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals that King Harold's legendary 200-mile march to the Battle of ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

A Bank of America Institute analysis of 2,000 years of GDP data reframes American exceptionalism — and points toward what ...

The best-supported explanation is that it grew out of two older ideas that were later fused together: Friday as an unlucky ...

Recapping the most essential highlights from Olympic handball history, from the event's origin and timeline to all the most ...

A study of ancient human DNA from a wetland region in Belgium, western Germany, and the Netherlands yielded surprising information about early British history. Hunter-gatherer genes were prevalent in ...

Narrators of great events tend to write grand prose. But a casual tone goes over better with a lecture-hall audience. Walter A. McDougall has taught a course in modern European history at the ...

It's hard to name the best cities in Europe—there are so many great bustling hubs (not to mention charming small towns) spread across a relatively small continent, making it more a question of what ...

Territorial integrity is a core tenet of Europe that is at risk from Russian and American imperialism. Brussels has fought back. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger writes about European diplomacy and ...