Archaeologists excavating at a medieval cemetery in Denmark have found the burials of 77 people who were early Christians in ...

Although the term medieval often has negative connotations, it is an era that we neglect to our peril. After all, the lengthy period that we also call the Middle Ages represents about half of the ...

Archaeologists are using over a million amateur finds to study pilgrimage sites, the Black Death, and the Protestant Reformation. Much has been written about religious life in the medieval era, but ...

The History of Christianity (HC) area studies past theological reflection on the faith and practice of the Church, especially in early and medieval Christianity. The HC area strives to appreciate ...

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the ...

During his general audience on Nov. 18, Pope Benedict XVI explained how Christian faith in the Middle Ages inspired some of the greatest works of art of all time: the cathedrals of Europe. Dear ...

As both a writer and a scholar, his work hearkened back to a “slow, contemplative, symphonic world.” In the prologue to The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien tells us two things about his beloved ...

Christianity has been intertwined with the Indian subcontinent almost from the beginnings of the faith. The apostles Thomas and Bartholomew are both said to have traveled to India to preach the Gospel ...