Greg Jenner is joined in 16th-Century France by Dr Estelle Paranque and comedian Shaparak Khorsandi to learn all about controversial queen Catherine de’ Medici. Greg Jenner is joined in 16th-Century ...

The 16th century was an age of exploration in all senses ... and the future French king Henry II of France. Catherine was raised in Florence, the epicenter of the growing cult of refined eating ...

Devastatingly beautiful and incredibly cunning, Diane de Poitiers was the most infamous woman in 16th-century France—and for good reason. King Henry II was completely in love with her ...

While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo ...

The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical care, drugs for pain relief, and religious ceremonies. This story appears ...

the most widely considered story dates back to the 16th century France. France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in 1582 as decided by the Council of Trent in 1563.