From empires to modern unions, explore European history's pivotal events that shaped a continent rich in heritage, culture, and global impact.
The Moors came to Spain as more than conquerors. They soon proved to be anything but illiterate barbarians. The Moors began a series of innovations that are little known today.
Filled with historic sites, Warsaw is a destination beloved by those interested in Eastern European history. Here is your go-to Warsaw travel guide.
Defeat at the gates of Vienna in 1683 marked the beginning of the end for the Ottoman Empire.
War is often a chaotic mess. Here are six times combatants switched sides whilst engaged in the very same war.
Edward of Woodstock, known as the Black Prince, is celebrated as an exemplar of medieval knighthood. But was he really an exceptional example of medieval chivalry?
Alexander Pushkin, a Russian writer and poet, is regarded as the founder of a new literary Russian language, artistically capturing the complex nature of Russian society.
Performed for the first time in Vienna in 1786, Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro seemed to foreshadow the imminent French Revolution.
Many of the most famous palaces in and around St. Petersburg were built by an Italian Baroque architect, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Here are 7 of his masterpieces.