Advances in modern weaponry and technology seem at odds with the archaic conduct of world leaders today. Strongmen rule countries like kingdoms and religion has resurfaced as an influential political ...

We have seen this in reports that young people in yarmulkes have been spat on and abused at America’s august Harvard University, and Israeli academics barricaded in rooms to protect them from throngs ...

The latest work by renowned historian Diarmaid MacCulloch tackles Christian attitudes to sex over the centuries. Modern-day Christians who talk about traditional values usually don’t know how ...

Yet it was frequently discussed in a language that is more resonant of the Middle Ages than the scientific laboratory.

To those who feel nerves before attending a party or have to overcome a sense of anxiety before guests arrive, medieval ...

The markings don’t stop there: on one side, the sword a circle with an X layered inside, known as a sun wheel or sonnenrad.

On July 4, the historic city of Assisi, nestled in the heart of Italy’s Umbria region, will host the international traveling ...

For many ardent evangelicals and Christian nationalists, a military confrontation with Iran is the fulfillment of a biblical ...

Recently, a 12th-century French church’s restoration left history lovers like me in complete awe after 6th-century relics were unearthed beneath it. Archaeologists had a field day as a forgotten ...

Peasants in the Middle Ages: Serfs and Villains In the Middle Ages, 80 to 90% of the population were peasants. This group was divided into two categories: ...

Christians remain the largest religious group. But they’re shrinking as a share of the global population, as many Christians ...

Pope Miltiades is believed to have been born in Africa. During his reign, Christianity gained increasing acceptance from successive Roman emperors, eventually becoming the Empire's official religion.