As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

The Komnenos Dynasty came from obscure origins to revive the Byzantine Empire after a disastrous period of weak emperors and ...

The Church honors Jeanne d’Arc as a virgin martyr and national patroness, whose courage, purity and fortitude continue to ...

One stunning but underrated seaside town, Deal, on the eastern coast of Kent offers breath-taking views of the English ...

After the death of his grandfather Ferdinand II of Aragon in ... with the even more erratic Henry. Another foe was the Ottoman Empire, whose sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, boasted a court of equal ...

The Thirty Years War, a series of wars fought by various European nations for various reasons, ignited in 1618 over an attempt by the king of Bohemia (the future Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II) to ...

The Thirty Years War, a series of wars fought by various European nations for various reasons, ignited in 1618 over an attempt by the king of Bohemia (the future Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II) to ...

Trawlerman (blue silks) came second to Kyprios in last year’s Ascot Gold Cup. DESPITE being a recognised trial for the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, the Star Sports Henry II Stakes (7.05pm) at ...

Trawlerman justified odds-on favouritism in some style to land the Star Sports Henry II Stakes at Sandown. William Buick was soon dictating matters aboard the John and Thady Gosden-trained seven ...

Charles in chargeA bronze likeness of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, created in 1555. Under Charles V (who was also Charles I of Spain), Pizarro began to forge an empire for Spain in the Americas.

Trawlerman justified odds-on favouritism in some style to land the Star Sports Henry II Stakes at Sandown. William Buick was soon dictating matters aboard the John and Thady Gosden-trained seven ...