George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, was born into a tumultuous family oft engaged in power struggles. His death on February 18, 1478, followed his conviction for treason against his older brother, ...

Syphilis existed in medieval Europe, and it caused the death of England’s King Edward IV. That’s the surprising argument of Smith College scholar Marylynn Salmon, just published in The Medieval Globe, ...

It is one of history's most intriguing "murders" — the mysterious disappearance over five centuries ago of two young princes from the Tower of London. Nearly 200 years after they disappeared, two ...

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