These six books chronicle a deeply unequal, often cynical old order slowly giving way to something new. The Age of Innocence. By Edith Wharton. Barnes & Noble; 336 pages; $8.95. Penguin Books Ltd; 336 ...

Prosecutors charged seven alleged gang members and associates of the gang with racketeering and other charges, accusing them ...

The term “massacre” gained traction largely through patriot propaganda. Paul Revere’s widely circulated engraving of the event portrayed it as a deliberate slaughter, including exaggerated and ...

SALEM — The Pickering House in Salem is inviting the community to discover 18th-century Salem through the lives of the Pickering family with a lecture at the historic Broad Street home this Sunday.

It can be easy to romanticize the past—especially when you are looking at beautiful images featuring enchanting garments. Such is the case with the paintings of Thomas Gainsborough. The portraits of ...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institutes Research and Academic Program hosts a talk by Charmaine Nelson (UMass Amherst / Clark/Oakley Humanities Fellow) exploring ...

Archaeologists and students recently uncovered an 18th-century Catholic mission in Texas — a discovery that clarifies a key chapter in the early history of the Lone Star State. Excavators from Texas ...

Performances in N.Y.C. “The Testament of Ann Lee,” starring Amanda Seyfried, tells the story of the Shakers and their feminist leader. Dance and music are its vital, mystical language. “The Testament ...

A look at the news headlines reveals that our present political moment is dominated by one concept in particular—collective punishment. Scripture is not unanimous in its condemnation of the idea of ...

Back in the 18th century, women didn’t have a lot of options outside of the marriage market. While in America there were plenty of “Boston marriages” between women of means, it wasn’t always a likely ...

Giada Pizzoni has received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from the European Commission. The European Institute for Gender Equality defines sexual harassment as follows: “any form of unwanted ...