A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...

Hundreds of fragments of a medieval stained glass window have been returned to a Lincolnshire church after nearly 80 years.

The exceptional medieval church sits some 25 feet below street level and, so far, a well-preserved frescoed apse has been uncovered. It contains an image of Christ enthroned and surrounded by ...

A 12th Century church has been gutted by a fire. The blaze was reported at 06:07 BST and when firefighters arrived at the scene in Wimbotsham, Norfolk, they discovered the roof was alight.

it was often extended to anyone who was connected to the Church. To claim ‘benefit of the clergy’, an individual had to read a verse from Psalm 51 in the Bible. In medieval England it was only ...

What kinds of books did parish churches have in the Middle Ages? From where did they get them? BOMPAC examines these poorly known but fundamental questions of medieval book history. Its primary ...

Naomi: But Ludwig, medieval church music didn’t use lutes - they didn’t use any instruments at all - just voices, singing beautiful music, 'a cappella' - which means unaccompanied, that means ...

Hundreds of fragments of a medieval stained glass window have been returned to a Lincolnshire church after nearly 80 years. The 14th Century window from St Andrew's Church in Heckington was ...