His death made John Nepomucene, who was later canonized, the first “ martyr of the confessional ” — one of four priests ...

Dr. Dyan Elliott, the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of the Humanities and professor of history at Northwestern University, is the winner of the 26th annual prize for "The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, ...

Then it transitioned, he told me, to a serious sin comparable to homosexuality “and by the late Middle Ages, bestiality was considered one of the most horrific sexual sins.” ...

A richly adorned gold ring, lost for centuries beneath the grounds of a medieval Slovakian castle, has resurfaced, offering a rare glimpse into the spiritual and material worlds of 14th-century ...

Medieval New Year resolutions both a blessing and a blaspheme. ... The research shows how the Christian clergy supported agricultural superstitions but condemned what they perceived as magic rituals.

The academic elite looks more like the medieval clergy by the day. Universities and university towns are latter-day monasteries that protect their members from contamination by hoi polloi.

Your thoughts: Thomas P. Doyle reviews a new book that examines clergy sexual abuse, in which the author's research is "nothing short of remarkable, stunning and most importantly, authentic." ...

Archaeologists in England recently uncovered new details about a medieval mass burial of victims of bubonic plague. When the so-called Black Death swept through northern Lincolnshire during the ...

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 ...

Like all medieval clergy, Bernardine fiercely opposed usury. In a sermon, Bernardine wrote: "Usury concentrates the money of the community in the hands of a few, just as if all the blood in a man's ...