For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

From opulent palaces and soaring modern skyscrapers to fairytale castles, it's no surprise that these spectacular buildings ...

The Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones University is often called a “hidden gem.” Erin Jones is working to make the art treasures ...

One of the books I’m reading these days is The Medieval World written by German historian Friedrich Heer and published in 1961. After almost 65 years it is still one of the world’s very best overviews ...

John Rist says the secularization and moral fragmentation in England stems from the cataclysmic 16th-century event and the ...

Every Black History Month I’m reminded how fortunate I was to have had an American history professor at SUNY Fredonia, Dr.

For various reasons, up until well after the Protestant Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church generally resisted the ...

Welcome to Religions of the World. Judaism: The Religion of Jewish people. Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world. It began about 4,000 years ago in the Middle East. One of the most ...

Using novel microdata, we document an unintended, first-order consequence of the Protestant Reformation: a massive reallocation of resources from religious to secular purposes. To understand this ...

With pleasing dispatch Peter Marshall’s compelling new history of England ... firm convictions about the Reformation. He has no time, for example, for the view that, despite the innovations of ...

Paul Getty Museum and recently received her Ph.D. in art history from the University of Southern California with a dissertation entitled The Art Market in Renaissance Spain: From Flanders to Castile.

February 28, 2025 • The Vatican says Pope Francis's condition has stabilized after a breathing crisis in hospital on Friday — two weeks after he was first admitted to hospital in Rome with ...