Divers working off Singapore’s coast have identified the city-state’s oldest known shipwreck, a mid-14th-century trading ...

Archaeologists working in Odesa, the Black Sea port city in southern Ukraine, have announced a pair of discoveries that illustrate the city’s long and international history. First came news that ...

GODALMING, England, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- What in the world was happening in the 14th century? Violence, uprisings, power struggles, wars, climate change, an epidemic, extensive trade networks ...

Paolo Veneziano, The Crucifixion, about 1340-1345 National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.143 In the mid-14th century, just before the Black Death besieged Venice, ...

Europe's best-dressed men ruffled feathers with their tight clothes, pointy shoes, and attitudes. And they were doing it in the 14th century. Pointy shoes were must-have accessories at the court of ...

The National Library of Israel has added a rare 14th century Mishneh Torah manuscript to its exhibition, alongside newly displayed medieval Jewish texts from Europe, North Africa, and Persia. The ...

Archaeologists in Switzerland have unearthed a gauntlet likely worn by a medieval soldier or knight. Dating to the 14th century, the armored glove is remarkably well-preserved. The artifact was found ...

They were the Jimmy Choos of their day. Known as poulaines, pointy leather shoes were the height of fashion in 14th century Britain. Medieval men and women about town, however, suffered for their ...

Just a few steps from the Place des Vosges, a 14th-century building looks like a typical Marais structure: half-timbered, stone-walled, and decidedly Parisian. But once you step inside, you can tell ...