Colonizing Indigenous people—and exploiting their land and resources—has a long and brutal history.

The Holy Roman Empire was vast, powerful in name but fractured in reality. This video explores how conflicting loyalties, decentralized rule, and endless internal rivalries made it one of the most ...

The Roman Empire faced a deadly plague during Valerian’s reign, weakening its strength at a critical moment. This video explores how disease, invasion, and poor decisions led to his downfall.

Nearly 100 American men and women from the United States are currently being considered for sainthood. And many Catholics ...

"Peace through strength," either as a specific phrase or as a doctrine, has been in use long before Trump was president, long before Trump was alive, and long before America even existed as a country.

A longtime and noted historian, Fletcher explores race, ethnicity and politics of Renaissance Italy in a biography that runs counterpart Niccolò Machiavelli’s 16th-century political treatise ...

Pope Leo XIV is taking a strong stance against sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, saying there should be no tolerance for it at all.

"The first formal flower gardens genuinely worthy of the name" in the history of the White House are the Rose Garden and the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.