There were no laws in early in 17th-century Virginia that defined the rights, or lack of rights, of blacks. Four cases that came before Virginia courts illustrate their flexibility in the early ...

Wellcome Collection Petitions "boomed in the 17th Century", giving men and women, rich and poor, a system to resolve conflicts in the courts, in Parliament or before the monarch Most of the women ...

They were captured in Maryland and returned to Jamestown, where the court sentenced all three to thirty lashes -- a severe punishment even by the standards of 17th-century Virginia. The two white ...

Testing out Candle By The Hour, which is a modern take on "courting candles" of the 17th-18th centuries.

ENGLISH Heritage has updated visitors on when Witley Court could reopen. The 17th-century county house, situated between ...

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum houses four paintings by Dutch masters that represent a variety of portraiture styles of ...

But the hotel reopened on July 31 last year following an extensive refurbishment, and enjoyed a new lease of life under new ...

The eight-foot bronze statue was hidden behind large black panels. They slid open, flames shot out, and for a moment, a blast ...

A court in Varanasi dismissed a petition from the Hindu side seeking excavation at the Gyanvapi complex. The Archaeological ...

Le Café de Surate’ published in 1790 is an important glimpse into the history of the mercantile and port city as a ...

A court in Varanasi on Friday rejected a petition by the Hindu side seeking a survey through excavation in the entire ...