A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...

You might be hearing about the gulf off the coast of the U.S. and Mexico. Here's what to know about the body of water the ...

Peter Stumpp's alleged crimes and execution remain one of the most legendary — and disputed — werewolf trials in history ...

Philanderer, womaniser, and drunkard” are the words used to inaccurately describe 16th century Buddhist monk Drukpa Kunley in foreign journalistic and tourist writings, author Needrup Zangpo said at ...

Jan. 30 (UPI) --The National Women's Soccer League officially awarded its 16th franchise to Denver, with play set to begin in 2026, the league announced Thursday. The team's name, colors ...

Even in the lower classes, women had little say over whom they ... But it was only in the 16th century that the church decreed that weddings be performed in public, by a priest, and before witnesses.

Guru Nanak Dev the founder of Sikh religion observed the pathetic condition of women in the society Guru Nanak comdemned the attitude of maledominated human society denying the due respectable status ...

After years of languishing in the bottom ten, Saudi Arabia has been inching up the ranks of the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Index, now coming 126th out of 146 countries in the 2024 report.

Bengali textile workers were not enslaved as ancillary to men or as commodities of pleasure alone. They were enslaved and ...