Considered the "people's literature" in the 17th century, broadside ballads were sold for a penny or halfpenny, their pairing of a comic or satiric song alongside a woodblock illustration making them ...

Jeri Quinzio is the author of Of Sugar and Snow: A History of Ice Cream Making. When they figured out how to freeze liquids in the 17th Century, people started adding custard to make "Iced Creams," a ...

Centuries-old horse skeletons from the American Southwest are helping rewrite a colonial myth: When the Spanish colonized the region in the 17th century, they didn't introduce horses to Indigenous ...