The bride was resplendent in an off-white brocade gown, handmade in London, with gold embroidery to match her gilt necklace, earrings, tiara and nail polish. She was also a few hundred years out of ...

Hear ye, hear ye! The College of St. Felix chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, an on-campus medieval group, practices chivalry and sword fighting. “”They are an eclectic, if not fun, ...

Some may know that armored knights used upturned codpieces to attract woman at parties, but a new exhibition of medieval clothing shows that the fashion was also adopted by bold, gender-fluid ...

From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and Its Legacy, by Kenan Malik (Atlantic Books, $39.95) What is the cause of Islamic fundamentalism and Islamist violence, and why do a few people become ...