At the Protestant Revolution, rood screens were demolished and altar rails became the boundary markers between the nave and the sanctuary. Catholic practice followed. That the altar rails also served ...

Religious sites in France aren’t just places of worship—they’re architectural and cultural icons, filled with centuries-old artistry and history. From grand cathedrals to intimate chapels, each site ...

The skeleton, referred to as individual 2399, belonged to a man of about 30 years of age who lived in the late Middle Ages (1300–1536 ... Nevertheless, the Church promoted and took part in ...

A woman who allegedly was the head of the Catholic Church became one of the most controversial Middle Ages tales.

Strange, then, as Paul Binski points out in his fascinating new book, that there is little academic writing on the emotional impact of medieval church architecture. Stranger still, the history of the ...

European maps from the Middle Ages are full of strange lands, legendary races and fabulous monsters. Only the Church with the help of God was able to provide protection against these horrors.

ROME — For centuries, historians and architecture critics have been embarrassed ... style of decoration from later in the Middle Ages, when old Roman columns were sliced into thin paving pieces ...

They rose out of the Middle Ages in a quest to achieve greater heights ... who had supposedly brought Christianity to Gaul. The church went on to become the burial place of the kings of France ...

Throughout the room were pictures of Cologne Cathedral, an 1880 church in Germany and one ... and familiar. As Gothic architecture emerged, many classical traditions receded. “In the Middle Ages, ...

Monastery architecture was pretty basic in the early Middle Ages. Around the 10th century, though, French architects developed a new style that demonstrated the Church’s increasing influence and ...