Many people assume the Pope’s pointed hat has some hidden or mysterious origins, but its real history is even more fascinating. Tracing back to medieval Christian traditions and an unexpected ...

In 1255, Pope Innocent IV sent "draperies of the ... This fresco provides crucial evidence of the influence of Islamic art on medieval European Christianity and indicates a deep appreciation ...

I’m currently taking a seminar investigating depictions of Jesus in late medieval literature and art. Though the middle ... from priests to popes, are not unprecedented. Rather, they coincide ...

Few medieval women had the chutzpah to petition a court for past dues, much less the pope's. The Repenties did.

Over 95% of all medieval religious art in England has been destroyed.Perhaps ... when he was deposed by the Pope. He was asked back to York in 1153. On his triumphant return over Ouse Bridge ...

(The Conversation) — Women’s work may not have been glamorous, but it was vital to the workings of the pope’s court and surrounding city. (The Conversation) — In the medieval church ...