It's a nice story. If only it were true! Alas, the reality is that Detroit's renaissance exists, but only on a seven-mile stretch of this 140–square-mile city. And even this has less to do with ...

Every summer and fall, thousands of Ohioans dress in their finest medieval attire and attend Renaissance festivals across the state, stepping back in time to a vibrant era of history. Even though ...

then sentenced to almost 5 centuries of a dark legend, imputed to be a poisoner, an intriguer, even an aspiring tyrant. We now perceive Bona Sforza (1494–1557) as a largely positive figure, one who ...