As with the rebirth of all things during the Renaissance, Italy also led the way with the revival of cooking.

During the Renaissance women strove for pale skin so much that they risked their lives for it!

Most Renaissance women aspired to have beautiful white teeth, voluptuous bodies and beautiful clothing. How do their beauty routines differ from those of today?

During outbreaks of the black plague, city officials throughout Europe were forced to hire what are known as "plague doctors" to assist in the treatment of plague sufferers.

"Metaphysical poetry" is a description of a type of poetry ascribed to a group of English poets of the 16th and 17th centuries.

John Donne is most commonly known as the founder of the "Metaphysical Poets." The term "metaphysical poetry" was first used by Samuel Johnson in 1744. It refers to the fact that the poetry dealt with philosophical specuation and abstract ideas, along with a great deal of irony, paradox, and strikin

What sort of holiday foods did the Italians eat during the Italian Renaissance?

A huge cultural revolution, the European Renaissance began in Italy in the Late Middle Ages, approximately the 14th century AD, and during the next three centuries spread throughout Europe.

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, better known to us today as Donatello, is one of the best known sculptors of the Renaissance.

"Condottieri" is the Italian name for mercenary captains who, during the Renaissance period, provided the bulk of the armed forces for the various Italian states.