Matthew Coker, visiting assistant professor, is teaching a course on Old Norse II, while William Quinn, Distinguished Professor, is teaching a course on the Middle English Lyric.

New research reveals a forgotten side of medieval Christianity—one rooted not in cathedrals, but in fields, forests, and ...

In the Middle Ages, hair was a powerful social signal. Hairstyles showed gender, class, morality, and obedience to religious ...

Medieval cities were centers of power, trade, religion, and violence. From Constantinople and Baghdad to Paris and Venice, ...

Medieval texts and frescoes show how Francis of Assisi’s legends formed – and why his call to poverty and care for creation ...

Gizmodo reports that volunteer archaeological conservator Juliane Rangnow discovered a medieval bronze wheel cross […] ...

Master of Saint Augustine, "Scenes from the Life of St. Augustine of Hippo" (c. 1490), central panel of a triptych Belgium, Bruges (all photos courtesy the Morgan Library & Museum unless otherwise ...

In 1947 the Vatican spoke bluntly to modern artists presuming to handle medieval religious themes. In the encyclical Mediator Dei, Pope Pius XII warned that “he wanders from the right path … who ...

(REVIEW) In 1492, Italian artist Carlo Crivelli painted an idealized portrait of the Immaculate Conception for the church of San Francis in Pergola, a small town in central Italy. Observed every Dec.

Medieval Christians drawing boundaries around ancient Israelite tribes on Holy Land maps had no idea they were influencing how later mapmakers would depict political power. Those red ink lines, meant ...

Installation view of Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages at The Met Cloisters showing a sculpture of Saint Sebastian (Northern Europe, late 15th century) (all photos Emma ...

Reading Abbey was erected in 1121 in the town of Reading within in the county of Berkshire, England. It was a royal monastery established by King Henry I to pay homage to his ancestors and his ...