Behind the image of knights and cathedrals lay a society built on cruelty and fear. Torture was legal, common, and often encouraged by religious authorities. Confessions were extracted through pain, ...
National Trust Greyfriars, Tudor House and the Commandery are playing host to re-enactors representing 2,000 years of ...
Flora Crichton, who has died aged 91, lived in Traquair House in Peeblesshire, a house her husband’s family had inhabited since the 15th ...
Yet there it stands at 10244 S. Longwood Drive—a limestone castle complete with turrets, battlements, and enough old-world charm to make you check your GPS to confirm you’re still in Illinois. The ...