A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...

Sisi, or Elisabeth, often referred to as a 19th-century Princess Diana, was obsessed with her appearance. She had a ...

The piece also stated that Jost was the son of a Jewish convert and had been encouraged by his father to practice the faith. In 1857, The Israelite described how a Christian woman in Landau, Germany, ...

Whether we prefer Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, or Thomas Hardy, we must admit many of fiction's rockstars ...

In the 17th and 18th centuries, when Enlightenment thinkers pioneered the idea that life was about the pursuit ... growth of the middle class in the 19th century, which enabled young men to ...

Never forget that Darwin and Marx were creatures of the 19th century “Progressive” philosophy. They didn’t invent it. It was the European “zeitgeist” they grew up in. The self-anointed “intellectual” ...

Overcrowded graveyards couldn’t keep pace with the growing population and the rising number of deaths, causing contagious ...

Analysis of dried plants from a colonial institution in 19th-century Australia reveals many foodstuffs that do not appear in ...

From the plantations of 19th century Mississippi to the steel mills of 20th century Youngstown to the board rooms of any major 21st ...

Old City composer and amateur archeologist Melissa Dunphy has composed a new opera, Alice Tierney, inspired by the story of a 19th-century woman whose murder at her home has remained unsolved for ...

An unusual spot within this historic Sydney site has a treasure trove of archaeological evidence, which provides insight into ...