In a lot of fairy tales, a disapproving father or a witch’s curse stops the princess from finding Prince Charming. But things were a little different in 13th-century Mongolia. Any single lad ...

“It was first thought to be a 14th-century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old French Vulgate Merlin sequel, a different and extremely significant ...

the actress-turned-princess of Monaco. Its history dates a bit further back than her 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier III: The site once held a 13th-century church, but the current cathedral hails ...