The silver Kiddush cup, an object used to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays, evidences medieval Jewish communities in ...

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in ...

For centuries, pagan tribes in Europe's Baltic region used sacrificial horses in funeral rituals. Researchers have long ...

The University of Minnesota Twin Cities’ Center for Medieval Studies regularly offers the class, which also covers ...

How did Gothic art influence the modernists? An exhibition in Norway explores how artists like Dürer and Hans Holbein's ...

The Dreyfus Affair (1894-1906) Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French officer, was falsely accused of treason. The case exposed deep ...

Welcome to the Faculty of Arts, a dynamic community of students, faculty and staff working in and across the humanities, social sciences, and fine, performing and media arts. Through our diverse range ...

Gospel music transcends the mere expression of religious devotion; it represents a profound art form that embodies deep emotional and spiritual resonance. The creation of gospel music demands ...

The Quebec government has put forward legislation that would extend the province's ban on the wearing of religious symbols to support staff in schools, and prohibit students from having their ...

In a joint interview at the gallery on the day that the exhibit opened (Jan. 24) Brinker, director of the St. Louis University Museum of Contemporary Religious Art and his co-curator Al Miner ...

In a heated but decorous conversation, Aurangzeb patiently inquires why Shivaji stormed out of his court. Shivaji angrily tells him that as a king, it is beneath his dignity to be seen at par with ...