A church in East Yorkshire is hosting a series of events to mark its 800th anniversary and to raise funds for its restoration ...

In the medieval church, women's roles were limited—usually ... officers who maintained rank at court by working in trade, medicine or the military. Women were never paid directly; their husbands ...

Using the great outdoors as a tonic to the stresses of modern life has surged since covid, and pilgrimages — meditative, ...

The Byzantine Empire made remarkable contributions to medicine and science, even thouth they are not widely known.

When the extraordinary legend of Saint Mary was first translated into Old English from Latin by an unknown author just over a millennium ago, it became the medieval ... when the Church was very ...

Venice used new art commissions to help its citizens understand the changing nature of power and quell public anxiety during ...

The history of the papacy is filled with unusual, dramatic events. From a pope put on trial after death to a resignation that ...

Colorful decorative mushrooms on yard signs and scattered on the ground serve as the breadcrumbs that lead the way to the Colorado Psychedelic Church ... me as much as any medicine,” he said.

The Eurocentric concept of the “Dark Ages” has often obscured the rich, diverse, and sophisticated developments in Africa.

who assisted the Church in persecuting Jews in medieval Europe; Karl Marx, who portrayed Jews as vile worshippers of money; kapos who brutalized their own people in concentration camps ...

He showed favour to the Church, he overthrew the proud and threw down anybody ... She provided solace to widows, and medicine to the sick. In 1394 on a pleasant seventh day of the month of June, she ...

Dense piles of lingering snow are finally melting away, old man winter is on the way out and a new spring is nearly sprung. Likewise, this weekend in Charlottesville beckons with old music and new ...