In a world dominated by kings and clergy, some women found power in unexpected ways. In this video, we uncover the stories of the most powerful mistresses of the Middle Ages – women who rose through ...

Researchers cite new evidence of how a medieval British noblewoman may have plotted to exact revenge and help kill her former lover, a priest, nearly 700 years ago.

The unsolved London murder of priest John Forde from 1337 is now solved, revealing Forde’s death likely came at the order of English noblewoman Ela Fitzpayne.

Cambridge University's Medieval Murder Maps project analysed the murder of priest John Forde. Forde was killed in 1337 in a calculated act of revenge by a member of the English aristocracy. Ela ...

Medieval cold case is a salacious tale of sex, power, and mayhem Did a priest's aristocratic ex-lover orchestrate his public assassination in 1337? By Andrew Paul Published Jun 5, 2025 8:00 PM EDT ...

More information: Spatial Dynamics of Homicide in Medieval English Cities: The Medieval Murder Map Project, Criminal Law Forum (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s10609-025-09512-7 ...

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 ...

Some clergy say not so fast The Rev. Susan Russell, stands in the sanctuary of All Saints Church in Pasadena, as the possibility of mass deportations looms over the country, on Jan. 28, 2025.

When the Cathedral of Notre-Dame reopens this week, the clergy will be wearing new liturgical garb designed by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. By Dana Thomas Reporting from Paris Five years after a ...

Her remarks put the spotlight on an issue that was to divide the clergy and the medical profession: the Gregorian reform that established celibacy for members of the Church from the 12 th century ...

Opinion INTERVIEW - Prof. Dr. Şener Aktürk: All non-Catholic minorities in Western Europe were ethnically cleansed “In medieval Islamic and Orthodox Christian polities, we do not come across ...

AT a meeting of the Society for the Study of Inebriety and Drug Addiction on July 11, a paper on alcoholism in medieval England was read by Dr. J. D. Rolleston, who said that the chief sources of ...