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

For example, one of four surviving medieval painted wood ceilings in Europe is in St Michael’s Church in Hildesheim, northern Germany. Many of the features are evidently Islamic in inspiration.

He set out rules and guidelines that would be put into action by church leaders and personnel across Europe. An example of such a dispute occurred between King Henry II and Archbishop Thomas Becket.

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

For centuries, the Catholic Church straddled the world of medieval Europe. Every king, queen, knight, serf and soldier lived and died within the embrace of the Catholic faith. The church was not ...

Just an hour’s train ride from Prague, you will find the charming medieval city of Kutná Hora. Here, impressive buildings like St. Barbara’s Church – with its grand flying buttresses and ...

A 12th Century church has been gutted by a fire. The blaze was reported at 06:07 BST and when firefighters arrived at the scene in Wimbotsham, Norfolk, they discovered the roof was alight.