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The idea of organized satanic witchcraft was invented in 15th-century Europe by church and state authorities, who at first had a hard time convincing regular folks it was real.
In medieval times natural phenomena, such as comets and eclipses, were regarded as portents of natural disasters, including plagues.
Those experiencing stress and uncertainty amid the coronavirus may find guidance in medieval responses to plagues, which relied on both medicine and prayer.
Some medieval Christian women locked themselves away in the name of their faith. Here are their insights into self-isolation.
How science has been used to predict wind and rain for over 1,000 years.
Nativity scenes showing the birth of baby Jesus first originated in the small Italian town of Greccio.
Wherever and whenever ghost stories materialise, they tend to tap into the things we fear most.
Looking nostalgically to the past, a young architect sought to revive the building as a bulwark to the uncertainty of the Industrial Revolution.
The Notre Dame Cathedral was long a powerful symbol of church authority - but it wasn’t static. The design kept changing to keep up with the changing times.
Pope Francis recently confirmed that clergy members abused nuns. Since the early days of monasticism, the presence of nuns led to restrictions that limited contact between men and women.
The HBO series can tell us a lot about how we view the Medieval world.
July marks 50 years of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical prohibiting contraceptive use. For many years prior to it, the church had not been so explicit on its stance. How did it become such a thorny issue?
Monarchs and prime ministers have spent centuries working out which decisions need to be made in public.
The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, woven around 1500, have been called the ‘Mona Lisa of the Middle Ages’. While they make for breathtaking viewing, their threads are encoded with much meaning.
An affair between a philosophy professor and his teenage student became the subject of ballads in the streets of Paris in the 12th century. A scholar asks: Why wasn’t it called sexual harassment?
‘Cuck’, short for cuckold, is the favoured insult of men’s rights activists today. But the term has a long history: from the 16th to 18th centuries it reflected a deep anxiety about women’s sexual appetites.
Many in the Western world lack the explicit mourning rituals that help people deal with loss. On Day of the Dead, two scholars describe ancient mourning practices.
The virgin martyrs were slaughtered to stop them speaking out, and yet their stories have prevailed.
Old habits die hard.
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PhD Candidate, Medieval Literature, Bangor University
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Professor of History, Iowa State University
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Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University
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Lecturer n History, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, Monash University
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Professor of English, Macquarie University
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Hansen Lecturer in History, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer in Medieval History, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer in Medieval English Literature, Swansea University
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Associate Professor of English, UMass Amherst
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Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Organic Geochemistry, University of Aberdeen
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Byzantine History, Hitotsubashi University
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Associate Professor in Experimental Psychology (Perception), University of Oxford
