Goodman memorializes de la Rocque de Roberval and her remarkable valor through masterful writing, reminding the 21st century ...

Chicago collectors Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz have donated 200 paintings, 50 sculptures and nearly 2,000 drawings by some of the biggest names in French art.

The Chronicle of the Morea is the history of 14th-century Greece, specifically the Peloponnese -- once called the Morea.

Allegra Goodman’s novel follows a pampered 16th-century orphan tested by a number of catastrophes.

From muscle-bound castles to lavish manor houses, the world is filled with fine stately homes – and many of them happen to be ...

Did you know that bananas and tomatoes are grown in Iceland? Read on to learn about more foods that are grown in unexpected ...

Several adorable small towns in France inspired "Beauty and the Beast," but only one offers travelers a storybook escape into ...

The Art Institute of Chicago has received a massive gift of French art from collectors Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz.

The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, has died. Karim Al-Hussaini became the Aga Khan at age 20 as a Harvard ...

Archaeologists are still unraveling the mysteries of an unusual burial site in Dijon, France, which dates to between 450 and ...