Compared to the hard life of a medieval peasant the life of a monk must have been a doddle. Right? Well, no not really.

It’s technical definition is a church that houses a cathedra ... of pilgrimage routes. (Majestic medieval churches arose along pilgrimage paths in Europe.) The Gothic emerged from the Romanesque ...

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.

It discusses the three main institutions of medieval Europe: the Church, the Emperors, and the Nobility, and how they shaped society through the feudal system. The film details the hardship faced ...

The university commissioned the archaeological organization Cotswold Archaeology to excavate the location, and it was in this area that the medieval church was found. The ruined structure was iden ...

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 ...

Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art ... for banners and other spoils of war to be displayed around church altars in Europe. "Tents, especially Islamic royal tents were among the ...