Morris Dance is a type of English folk dance of mysterious origins. It was (and is) most frequently practiced through the midlands and in t...

Sometimes called 'Mary of Hungary', it's easy to lose this Mary among the sea of other famous Mary's hailing from Austria a...

The last ruler of the house of  Trastamara , Joanna, known natively as Juana, of Castile was the daughter of two brilliant, but ruthless mo...

Either the twelfth or the twentieth wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Nur Jahan was thrust into a life of fear and uncertainty. She was born...

Alternately argued as the reason for the decline of, or the reason for the longevity of the Ottoman Empire, the Sultanate of Women was a 13...