When looking at medieval art, it is important to recognize that the objects in a modern exhibition are taken out of their original context. Unlike much of the art produced in the intervening centuries ...

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

American author and art historian Paul Koudounaris wrote about the catacomb saints in his 2013 book "Heavenly Bodies," reviving international interest in their macabre stories. In an email 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 equivalent of a blockbuster ...