Across Europe, many medieval churches stand on land that was considered sacred long before Christianity arrived. At first glance, these stone buildings seem purely Christian, shaped by crosses, bells, ...

As with much late-medieval faith, things were complex and there clearly was a hunger for a relationship with Christ, even if ...

HOW to replace ruined medieval stained-glass windows has over the centuries steadily troubled French civil and ecclesiastical authorities. Time and wars have taken a cruel toll. The great tapestries ...

Compass-drawn Hexfoil or “Daisy Wheel” designs from English medieval churches (all images courtesy Matthew Champion and Ebury Press) Champion writes that “the medieval church was a far more ...

A head of a man was found etched into a wall of a church in Gonerby, Lincolnshire - but what does it mean? Medieval graffiti of straw kings, pentagrams, crosses, ships and "demon traps" have been ...

A medieval church and burials were discovered as a university transforms a shopping center into an urban campus in the U.K. Mikal Ludlow Photography University of Gloucestershire Excavations in the ...

A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious Islamic tents were used to conceal altars in medieval European churches, ...

Scholes Library is hosting an exhibition of brass rubbings – images captured on paper from brass monuments laid in the floors of medieval churches. The collection has been curated by Alfred University ...

This southwest England area has served as a crossroads for multiple civilizations, dating back 12,000 years. Excavation involving the transformation of an English department store site into a ...

Medieval graffiti of straw kings, pentagrams, crosses, ships and "demon traps" have been offering a tantalising glimpse into England's past. What do the pictures reveal about life in the Middle Ages?