It’s Valentine’s Day, and it’s snowing. No problem. I’ve curled up with a box of chocolates and a couple of good books. Today, they’re all about courtly love. Back in the 12th century, in the age of ...

When most people think about medieval marriages they are either practical, cold, and loveless, or the idealised “courtly love” of chivalric knights and damsels in distress. But what was married life ...

John of Gaunt (1340-99), like many premodern historical figures, poses a problem for the contemporary biographer. Norman Cantor’s subject, the founder of the Lancastrian line, the richest man in ...

On April 27, Boston Baroque presented a thrilling production of one of the gems of baroque opera, George Frideric Handel’s opera “Ariodante,” which is a tale of love’s triumph over evil set in ...