Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new ...

What was life like in medieval society? Most medieval people lived in villages, as there were few large towns in the Middle Ages. The majority of people were peasants. The Church's role in ...

Medieval Europe’s diverse regional cultures were balanced by a conscious attempt to create a unified view of the world that embraced religious and social ideals, Latin and vernacular literature, and ...

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The study results provide interesting new insights into the dietary practices of medieval southern France, which were affected not only by socio-economic transformations but also by religion ...

Researcher and author Diana Darke argues that the connections between Islamic and Christian cultures during the medieval period were stronger than commonly believed. This cross-fertilization of ...

Many were monastery infirmaries, eg Tintern, Valle Crucis and Strata Florida, or other religious houses, eg the Franciscan friaries in Cardiff and Bangor. However, these medieval hospitals were ...