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

While peasants washed their hands ... A myth persists that during the Middle Ages, the unenlightened believed Earth was flat and worried that ships might even fall off the planet’s edge.

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What makes the libel so enduring is that it functions independently of evidence. Once seeded, it metastasises. By the time ...

Avaunt all ye peasants, nobles, bairns and medieval magic makers! House AlterEgos invites thee to partake in an adventure of epic proportions!

Spain’s confraternities often make headlines in the foreign press as their Holy Week processions have become a tourist ...

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Some left writers have argued that contemporary capitalism is mutating into a form of “neofeudalism” as tech barons run amok.

Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...