Medieval Christianity seems dark and foreign—until you take a closer look. The medieval world conjures up all sorts of images, but it’s the unusual ones that often stick in our minds: a woman kneeling ...

Most reliquary crosses are found broken, opened, or separated, which strips away key information about how they were made and used. This one is different: it’s a two-part cross permanently sealed with ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The archaeologists found a total of 77 skeletons during their month-long excavation of a medieval ...

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 ...

In parts of medieval Europe, families hired sin eaters to absorb the sins of the dead. The sin eater consumed bread and drink placed on the corpse, symbolically taking the deceased’s guilt. This ...

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 ...

Numen, Vol. 63, No. 2/3, Special Issue: Divine Word and Divine Work: Late Platonism and Religion (2016), pp. 245-270 (26 pages) The development of medieval Christian thought reveals from its inception ...

Early 13th-century-CE (likely biased) depiction of the 'pagan' Irish kingship ceremony, during which the king bathed in the blood of a mare before sharing the meat with his courtiers. From ...

Fine analysis of over a thousand human remains in the Nile Valley has revealed a previously unknown practice: facial ...

Christians in medieval Europe appear to have inadvertently influenced the evolution of modern chickens to boost traits relating to their egg-laying abilities and how friendly they are. In a new study ...