The coins point to a shift away from barter economies and toward the use of money around this time, shedding light on the economic changes occurring in the late 15th century. Exotic spices were ...

she told NPR. That guy she's referencing is Richard III, the English king from the late 15th century who is mostly known these days as one of Shakespeare's most iconic villains. His skeleton had ...

A fashionable Burgundian lady of the later 15th century almost always wore a headdress, like Mary of Burgundy on the left in this late 15th century detail. Getty Images Women wore long gowns with ...