Italy called, the Cleveland Museum of Art said. It wants its 13th-century artwork back. The art museum announced Thursday that it has agreed with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Italy ...

An enduring myth, based on the writings of the 13th-century explorer Marco Polo, that pasta was brought to Italy from China, rose from a misinterpretation of a famous passage in Polo’s Travels.

Pace’s current book project, tentatively titled Of Poets and Physicians: Literature and Medicine in Thirteenth-Century Italy, explores how the medical milieu of the 13th century influenced vernacular ...