Pope Leo XIV's Augustinian order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles. Dr Krisztina Ilko rediscovers their ...

ONE man’s love for medieval cities has seen him discover a newfound passion in recent months – having launched a first Italian fan ...

A member of the Lichtenstein royal family is looking to part with the vast property on Lake Garda for an undisclosed sum ...

Climate‑driven shifts due to volcanic activity, and the increase in grain trade helped bring the Black Death to Italian ports ...

Rick Steves loves traveling to Italy, and a favorite city of his is where tourists can enjoy delicious food surrounded by ...

A sudden climate jolt disrupted harvests and trade, setting in motion the grain routes that helped carry plague into Europe.

A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

Researchers say this ‘climate-famine-grain’ connection may help explain the timing of other plague outbreaks throughout ...

The rapid spread of the Black Death through medieval Europe could have its origins in a massive volcanic eruption, according ...

New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have ...

Publisher Sega and developer Creative Assembly have announced Total War: MEDIEVAL III. It is currently in early development.