Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new ...

I n 2005, the late conservative writer Lawrence Auster published a response to one of his critics. The critic argued that Christianity had added little or nothing of value to Western culture. Auster ...

The Boston College Libraries have strong holdings especially in the early and medieval periods. Summer language instruction ... to the Ph.D. program with a research interest in History of Christianity ...

The very essence of what it meant to be a medieval Christian was captured in the walls of these massive churches, sometimes taking over 50 years to complete. Now, they are admired by the crowds of ...

The fresco provides crucial evidence of a medieval church using Islamic tents in key Christian practices, including mass, the study suggests. "Islamic textiles were associated with the Holy Land ...

With the establishment of Christianity came the Handbooks of Penance: books or sets of rules listing sins and their corresponding penances. These reflected early medieval ecclesiastical concerns ...

The scribbles allude to the inner way of thinking of the pilgrims, offering unique information as to the personal motives for undertaking the arduous travel and insights into the making of Western ...