Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...

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 ...

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To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

Stigmas that developed in the Middle Ages, which Dr Pattenden is currently researching, are also relevant to today. He says the Roman Catholic Church has "stigmatised different forms of sexual ...