Bar-Ilan University historian Ariel Toaff being served a double-roasted goose and baked onion salad by a "medieval" waitress in Bevagna, Italy. (Ruth Ellen Gruber) BEVAGNA, Italy (JTA) — In a medieval ...

She took Marco Polo, the famous Italian explorer who first traveled to ancient China, as an example, saying that the legendary figure is a representative of connecting the West and the East, and a ...

What possible relevance could a 13th-century woman from the middle of medieval Italy have for moderns today? A lot. Margaret of Cortona was born in Tuscany in 1247. Her mother died when she was seven.

Smith was a Sailor assigned to the Naval Computer Telecommunications Station serving at the Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy, the spokesperson said. “Our sincerest thoughts are with ...

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Any further information on the crash would be from local Italian authorities, Hansen said, who were investigating the traffic crash. "Our sincerest thoughts are with the Sailor’s family ...

Rankovic said it was the “hardest season of my life”, likening the campaign to the arduous seafaring journeys by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. He credited the hunger of his players ...

His research focuses on the study of medieval Italian literature, with particular attention to Dante's work and its early reception. He has over 300 publications to his credit and has curated the ...