What does it mean that the newest pope has chosen the name Leo XIV? We look to the history of papal Leos to decode the choice.

Most famous for his 1898 novel ‘War of the ... his childhood home influenced some of his work. In his 1911 work ‘The New Machiavelli’, Wells fictionalises Bromley, renaming it as Bromstead ...

Conclave: How the election of a new Pope has changed over the centuries - ANALYSIS: The ceremony has traditionally been a ...

Most scholars would agree that the popular image is ... though he would write his chief works in Italian. What we know of Machiavelli’s youth comes largely from his father’s ricordi – a matter-of-fact ...

The city’s largest Franciscan church, the Santa Croce boasted stunning works of art, including Giotto’s fresco ... Beyle offers one of his most famous and elusive phrases: ‘La beauté n’est que la ...

As reported by George Neumayr in the American Spectator a few years ago, Antonio Caponnetto, the Argentinian author of several books on Pope Francis, informed him that, ‘At the seminary, Bergoglio’s ...

On May 3, 1469, the Italian philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli is born. A lifelong patriot and diehard proponent of a ...

Drawn to nature, the artist worked and stored many of his work outside on the sprawling grounds of his 45-acre property Ekely, and many of the canvases, including his most famous work, may have ...

And here we mention the 5 most famous Picasso paintings art enthusiasts ... ‘The Kiss’ is described as the epitome of his work. It shows two lovers, abstracted and in geometric forms, and ...