Habsburg troops pillage rome

Shortly after the queen rose on 10 June 1688, she felt a familiar swell of pain. “Send for the king!” she called, while her ladies helped her back into bed. Maria (Mary) of Modena was in labour. Soon

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

Few objects in the long history of the Catholic church stir the imagination quite like the fabled sedia stercoraria. With a name that roughly translates as ‘dung chair’, the myth of the so-called papa

1163 NOTRE-DAME CONSTRUCTION Work begins on building ...

In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman

FOUNDATIONS ROME BEFORE ROME The legends that ...