A newly deciphered manuscript dating back 1,600 years has been determined to be the oldest record of Jesus Christ's childhood ...

Joëlle Rollo-Koster, University of Rhode Island Joëlle Rollo-Koster has published widely on the social, cultural, religious, and political history of the late Middle Ages. She is a specialist of the ...

Written on papyrus in either the 4th or 5th century, it had been stored at a library in Hamburg, Germany, for decades and was ...

In the early Middle Ages, it was not uncommon for an abbess ... the nearly-70-year period in which the papacy was exiled at Avignon, France, in the shadow of French royal power.

The Donation of Constantine was a document of great importance in the Middle Ages. It was used by the ... that Constantine had bestowed upon the papacy supreme control over all clergy, and ...

institutional policy and practical sources chronicling the lived experiences of disabled people in the Middle Ages. As such, they constitute an excellent analytical laboratory in which to study ...

In fact, the practice was accepted during the Middle Ages until the 11th century. The about-face came when marriage was taken out of the domestic sphere and the Papacy made it a major religious ...

"The blessed Apostles, then, founded and built up the church in Rome. They committed the office of bishop into the hands of Linus. Of this, Linus, Paul makes mention in the Epistles to Timothy.

Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...

Like many other films about the Middle Ages from the 21st century, it doesn’t shy away from the dirt, blood, and violence of this pivotal period in Scottish history.

However, by the Middle Ages it became apparent to many that paying ... denounce and even satirize the sale of indulgences by the papacy. Catholic leaders including the Pope and the Holy Roman ...

The accession and coronation of Henry II took place on the same day. He was not only king of England, but also ruled over most of Wales, Normandy, Anjou, Gascony and other parts of France ...