During the late medieval period, pagans in northern Europe’s Baltic region imported horses from neighboring Christian countries for use in funeral rituals, according to a new study from Cardiff ...

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These methods to resist Christian assertions of superiority and affirm the grandeur of Jewish experience were essential for the community of Jewish life in the Middle Ages. Edited by Clifford Davidson ...

Relics could be items that belonged to a saint, perhaps something the saint touched, wore, or used in their lifetime, or, in many cases, the relics were believed to be body parts of a saint, truly ...

For the men and women I encounter, being a 21st-century Templar is about far more than medieval cosplay with a donation cup: It is participation in a living metaphor for evangelical Christian ...

Rock crystal lends itself well to a variety of possible Christian interpretations, in addition to serving the practical purpose of rendering the relic visible, even magnifying it at times. The range ...

He is also an occasional marathon runner. Frans van Liere's interests include Medieval Europe, Medieval biblical exegesis, Jewish-Christian relations, schools and universities, and the Avignon papacy.

His major area of teaching and research is medieval literature and thought. His interest in the relationship between Christian theology and literature extends from the literary theory of the Middle ...

The most significant Jewish expulsions in medieval Christian Europe were often justified on religious grounds, with rulers enacting these policies under pressure from the Church, local clergy ...