Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. Imagine if a 16th-century castle could be yours for a relatively ...

Live Science reports that traces of sixteenth-century gallows and 10 burial pits have been uncovered in southeastern France ...

France’s navy was conducting a military operation when they came upon the wreck, officials said. Photo by Marine nationale shared by France's Département des recherches archéologiques subaquatiques et ...

In a recent study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers conducted paleoserological tests on dental pulp samples of skeletons excavated from the Abbey Saint-Pierre ...

This wasn't simply an execution site but rather a display platform where bodies were hung after being executed elsewhere in the city. The structure consisted of eight stone pillars supporting a timber ...

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A new Starz series, “The Serpent Queen,” dramatizes the life of the much-maligned 16th-century ruler Based on a True Story Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Catherine de' Medici ...

From his visit to NPR in 2002, early-music string virtuoso Hopkinson Smith performs music first published in 16th-Century France for solo lute. He also talks with NPR's Fred Child about the instrument ...