A longstanding myth holds that people in medieval Christian Europe didn’t bathe. In fact, the Middle Ages subscribed heartily to the adage “cleanliness is next to godliness.” Thinkers of the ...

A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 2.18 billion Christians of all ages around the world ... that no single continent or region can indisputably claim to ...

During the Middle Ages, objects and body parts associated with Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the Apostles, and the saints played a central role in Christian life in Europe. Faithful pilgrims flocked to ...