Its Anglo-Norman inscription was translated as "a token between a lover and beloved", although the words were designed to be worn on the inside A 13th or 14th Century medieval brooch inscribed with ...
There was a time when pursuing someone romantically took real effort. You planned, you prepared, you showed up in person with ...
SURELY nothing in the astonishing scheme of life can have nonplussed Nature so much as the fact that none of the females of any of the species she created really cared very much for the male, as such.
From Cyrano to The Last Duel, the world of medieval chivalry is big on screen – and its preoccupation with appearances isn’t so far from our own Against our backdrop of revenge porn, dick pic-strewn ...