It’s a quaint tradition — with a very dark history. Centuries ago, the bubonic plague, otherwise known as the Black Death, swept through Europe, killing one-third of the continent’s population at the ...

A wine window, used for the sale of wine directly on the street, on the façade of Palazzo Mellini Fossi, Florence.Alamy Tiny medieval windows used in the socially distant service of wine during the ...

When archaeologists working on a £900,000 conservation project at Binham Priory ncovered two medieval windows dating back to the 13th century, they knew the discovery would provide a rare glimpse into ...