One of the most unifying elements of the Medieval Period was the Roman Catholic Church. All classes and ranks of people, whether that be nobles, peasants or tradesmen, were profoundly affected by the ...

(monks singing) As the church was the leading patron of the arts throughout the Middle Ages, it owned the greatest artistic treasures, and many of those treasures remain in situ, not in the ...

In contrast, the Middle Ages in Europe was all about the Christian church. Some historians have put forth the idea that the church crushed religious dissent and any actions by people seeking to ...

A new film about the history of heavy metal highlights the so-called Devil's Interval, a musical phenomenon suppressed by the Church in the Middle Ages. On the surface there might appear to be no link ...

As the church was the leading patron of the arts throughout the Middle Ages, it owned the greatest artistic treasures, and many of those treasures remain in situ, not in the museums, but in the ...