William Theiss is a PhD candidate in history at Princeton University.
From pastime to political posturing, ice hockey has always brought out the risk-taking spirit of the Czechs
William Theiss takes a close look at the pocket-sized sculptures that 15th-century pilgrims thought perfect for private reverie
In Obsidian’s new video game, you are a 16th-century Bavarian painter – but progress on your masterpiece is interrupted by parochial violence
They're now little more than popular amusements – but with their discomfiting realism, wax effigies were once considered fit for royalty
By homing in on Holbein’s miniatures, this survey of the Renaissance master gives us a broad picture of the world he lived in
