'To fully understand the deep roots of today’s white Christian nationalism, we need to go back at least to 1493," writes Robert P. Jones.

Origins of the Doctrine of Discovery. The doctrine has its roots in the early days of the Age of Exploration. Throughout the 15th century, the Roman Catholic Church responded to European Catholic ...

From the late 15th century, Kongo rulers like King Nzinga a Nkuwu (João I) ... Forced Migration and Diasporic Christianity (15th–19th Centuries) Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Papal bulls written in the 15th century granted Catholic kings permission to colonize non-Christian lands and enslave Indigenous Peoples. Will Pope Francis formally rescind those decrees during ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls” that ...

The J. Paul Getty Museum has received a gift of 38 rare manuscript pages by Italian artists spanning the 12th to 17th ...