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 ...

The Middle Ages were filled with battles, breakthroughs, and turning points that shaped the world we live in today. In this video, we count down 50 of the most crucial events that defined the medieval ...

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.