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 ...

Her original approach to the complementarity of men and women is distilled in her numerous historical works on the Middle Ages and her monographs on the great saints of Western history ...

Catholic Church's 'Institutional' Power It's not publicly known exactly how rich the Catholic Church is, as its wealth is wrapped in assets like real estate and art, but estimates suggest it's ...

By the early Middle Ages, deacons and archdeacons managed church funds and charity, and with their administrative expertise often succeeded their bishops. More than 30 popes in the early church ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered a striking analogy: The medieval church, he wrote in 1970, was “a ...

Why Feminists Should Celebrate the Middle Ages (and the Catholic Church) Contrary to popular belief, ... Freedom isn’t doing whatever we want — it’s the power to choose the good.