A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious ...

Tents, especially Islamic tents were among the most prized gifts in diplomatic exchanges and the most sought-after spoils on ...

The principal elements of this common patrimony of American and European civilization are the Christian faith, the Roman and medieval heritage of ordered liberty, and the great body of Western ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars ...

In “Embers of the Hands,” historian Eleanor Barraclough digs deep into the ways that the Vikings loved, traveled and even ...

As Christian Europe became wealthier ... By illuminating a forgotten history of Muslims in medieval Europe, and their achievements and legacy, Darke points to a new way of thinking about the ...

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 ...

I stand still, listening to its echo whispered back by the medieval stone walls ... Larkin appears to have been right on both counts. Christianity as a practiced religion is in retreat in most ...

His work centers on Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations and ethno-religious identity in medieval Europe and the Islamic World, and the history of the pre-Modern Mediterranean. In addition to many ...