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One of the most unifying elements of the Medieval Period was the Roman Catholic Church. All classes and ranks of people, ...

Stories retelling the birth of the Virgin Mary reveal that the Church was more forgiving of infertility than the general ...

Scans and radiographs revealed not just the break but its consequences: dense new bone formations, signs of infection, and ...

A MEDIEVAL cottage thought to have been built in 1468 is up for sale. Abbey Cottage is a listed Grade I property in Abbey ...

Is loneliness a modern epidemic as we are so often told? Did people in the past suffer similar feelings of isolation?

A MEDIEVAL cottage thought to have been built in 1468 is up for sale. Abbey Cottage is a listed Grade I property in Abbey Street, Cerne Abbas and is understood to have been constructed in 1468 for an ...

Commentators have already noted that the last Pope Leo (XIII) was known for his devotion to social justice and the Virgin Mary. However, there is a longer history of popes called Leo — there have been ...

meaning eminent or senior clergy. This group became more diverse in the eighth and ninth centuries, when popes began to appoint cardinals from outside of Rome. Medieval conclaves varied widely in ...

The paper by Samuel P. Gillis Hogan has been withdrawn. 221 Bishops and Secular Clergy of Medieval Italy (1). The paper by Peter Michael Michelli has been withdrawn. 223 Cistercian Mysticism (1). The ...