Medieval Christianity seems dark and foreign—until you take a closer look. The medieval world conjures up all sorts of images, but it’s the unusual ones that often stick in our minds: a woman kneeling ...

I recently engaged an atheist who claimed that medieval hospitals were basically hospices, with no particular treatments, remedies or therapeutics — or any notable openness to scientific advancement ...

During the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 5, 2026, Paula White-Cain, senior adviser to the White House Office of Faith, ...

Medieval Christianity holds up a helpful mirror to the contemporary church. In recent decades, evangelicals studying faith in the Middle Ages have done much to recover its variety and richness. Yet a ...

Fourteenth century tombstone relief at a monastery built in 1009 in the Pyrenees Fourteenth century tombstone relief at a monastery built in 1009 in the PyreneesUniversal Images Group via Getty Today, ...

The idea of "public" spectacle in the medieval period was quite different from that of the Greek and Roman world. Spectacle in the Middle Ages revolved around Christianity and the Church, consisting ...

Early Europeans produce diverse art: from Christians to Muslims and Byzantines to Vikings. After Rome’s fall, Europe’s Christians kept culture alive with art rooted in their deep faith. We visit ...

Fine analysis of over a thousand human remains in the Nile Valley has revealed a previously unknown practice: facial tattooing of very young children during the early centuries of the Christian era.