England became one of the greatest producers of new Catholic relics during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries....
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Originally published by Newberry Digital Collections for the Classroom, 09.26.2017, Newberry Library, republished with permission for educational,...
Climate change isn’t just a technical challenge – it also involves ethics, social justice and cultural values....
Sir Francis Bacon developed a method for philosophers to use in weighing the truthfulness of knowledge. How...
Not until the Roman period did genuinely public libraries allow people to come and read as they...
Many exaggerated claims have been made concerning the effects and consequences of the crusades on life in...
What were the motivating factors for crusaders, from the Pope to the humblest warrior? By Mark CartwrightHistorian...
How has this religious sect spread and what are the implications? Interviewer: Dr. James CunoAmerican Art Historian...
Hinduism stood for a wide variety of related religious traditions native to India. Introduction For well over...
In medieval times, stone carving and masonry were masculine professions, but today there are women studying the...
Discussing the advantage of studying folk geographic knowledge in a cross-cultural context. Abstract This paper advocates the...
How did the Ottomans shape the political and religious history of early modern Europe? Originally published by...
The splintering of the medieval church ushered in a volatile new era of increased anxiety, tension, and...
Although magic and witchcraft had existed since antiquity, early modern Europe underwent a growth in anxiety about...
How monks, friars and monastic sites became associated with magic in popular tradition, resulting in a lasting...
The devil, once a part of the sacred truth, could now be seen as a fragment of...
The origins of Iraqi cuisine and continued popularity. Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning “between two rivers”) was...
While the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing is an opportunity to celebrate a remarkable technological...
So-called heresies offered the opportunity for religious expression outside of the narrowly defined and self-serving precepts of...
The relationship between power—or politics—and culture in French history is an ambivalent one, defined as much by...
The fortifications were the largest and strongest ever built in either the ancient or medieval worlds. By...
The Varangians were probably as shocking a sight to Byzantine enemies as tanks would have been to...
The Archivio Storico Diocesano di Lucca does not easily let visitors forget its history or its owner....
The European Middle Ages were a time of tremendous creativity and innovation, setting the stage for what...
These ancient manuscripts cover every aspect of human endeavor. Introduction Timbuktu, Mali, is the legendary city founded...
The period of the Reformation (roughly 1500-1700) witnessed an unprecedented wave of changes in religion, thought, society,...
The early years of printing in Western Europe was a time of astonishing productivity. Originally published by...
Monasteries in the Early Middle Ages already had rudimentary rules and guidelines. Introduction The monastic orders of...
Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of Christianity has heard the term ‘Church Fathers’ but far less...
Images of a cockatoo in Frederick II of Sicily’s falconry book reveal how trade routes around Australia’s...