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A medieval manuscript is offering fresh insight into a centuries-old debate about love. The University of Birmingham and Longleat have launched a joint exhibition re-examining the 15th-century poem La ...
Many people look at the Middle Ages through romantic eyes. They think about “armoured knights on lumbering steeds”, beautiful ...
The University of Birmingham and Longleat House have collaborated on a new project re-examining the famous medieval poem, La Belle Dame sans Mercy.
Scale AI contractors are being paid to record their conversations on a wide range of topics to help make xAI's voice models ...
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Striking pictorial works demonstrate the importance, and beauty, of textiles across cultures and time.
Medieval knights (and Game of Thrones' Jon Snow) were famous for kneeling, which may have influenced today's marriage ...
Celebrate the often-overlooked contributions of India's female gurus on Guru Purnima 2025, from Akka Mahadevi to Savitribai Phule, whose stories inspire generations with their wisdom and guidance.
From pilgrims and proto-feminists to tragic princes and dream visions, Chaucer’s finest texts forever changed how English ...
In “Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free,” Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson honors the forgotten fashion innovator.