The anemone is also known as the “windflower.” Indeed, the word anemone, first attested in English in the mid-1500s, probably ...

In the mid-1500s, a newlywed couple set up a small print shop in the bustling Flemish city of Antwerp. The revolution they inspired is still reverberating in the way we tackle the challenges of ...

Jamaican oxtail in particular is reminiscent of the African one-pot cooking traditions used by the African slaves and maroons on the island as early as the mid-1500s. Island Spice Grill is ...

In Spanish Caribbean islands and Portuguese Brazil by the mid 1500s, colonists had turned to the quick and highly profitable cultivation of sugar, a crop that required constant attention and ...

Closely following these monetary explorations, Christianity was introduced and missionaries often accompanied the European explorers during the mid-1500s and late-1500s. European usage of metal ...

Starting with women born in the mid 1500s, the 32 women celebrated in this exhibit were not only pioneers in their fields, many were women's rights activists and worked to encourage other women to ...

When the Spanish took over the islands in the mid-1500s, their fierce religious orders "froze the Filipino masses to permanent impotence . . . The natives were of no consequence to the Spaniards, ...