St. Jakob’s Church contains the one must-see art treasure in Rothenburg: a glorious 500-year-old altarpiece by Tilman Riemenschneider, the Michelangelo of German woodcarvers. For a closer view of this ...

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At ...

The Middle Ages are defined as the period between the years 500 and 1500 in Europe. They're also sometimes referred to as the ...

Here we explore how Christian antisemitism moved beyond the Church, influencing major secular thinkers like Karl Marx, ...

Wander the cobblestone streets of the old town and try khachapuri, a cheese-filled bread, or kharcho, a hearty beef and ...

The heart of Siena is Piazza del Campo, which is a shell-shaped square and one of the most beautiful in Europe. It is home to ...

When the extraordinary legend of Saint Mary was first translated into Old English from Latin by an unknown author just over a millennium ago, it became the medieval ... when the Church was very ...

By the Middle Ages, antisemitism in Christian Europe had become ... problems and plagues. The Church used theology to justify anti-Jewish violence. Medieval antisemitism influenced later ...

The city, renowned today for its nightlife and world-class university, was once the beating heart of Britain's economy.

Cardinals today still have the chance to lobby behind closed doors for their favored candidate during a conclave. The divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit – or these men’s consciences – will ...