These 16th-century vessels were comparatively small ... Item 30 warned that some people might wear bear or wolf skins but that Hugh shouldn’t let that alarm him; they only wore them to scare ...

They introduced laws to enforce, what they believed to be, an appropriate Christian lifestyle: In the 16th century, most people believed in magic and the supernatural. People might have turned to ...

Vagrants wander the streets and beg. was a big concern for the monarchy and Government in the 16th century. Homeless and unemployed people would roam around the country and were often called ...

A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century as a means to spotlight trans people’s struggle in Brazil, where more of them ...

The 16th-century search for shared standards of manners was an integral part of the Renaissance concept of personal betterment. Since people increasingly looked down on eating with one’s fingers ...

Centuries before becoming a remote work hub, the St. Augustine area was claimed by the Spanish crown in the early 16th century after ... with the largest share of people working remotely ...

The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical care, drugs for pain relief, and religious ceremonies. This story appears ...