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 ...

Analysis: St Gobnait was an Irish female saint associated with bees in the Middle Ages and is still celebrated ... out for permanent display in the church. We need your consent to load this ...

The origins of confraternities hark back to the Middle Ages when men professing ... Dusina had to visit every local parish and church in Malta and Gozo, including those known as chapels, so ...

Almost all of them were run by the Church ... Ages. In 1524, for example, Henry VII’s Savoy Hospital (founded by the king in 1505) was expected to have a doctor and surgeon. In the Middle ...

Stained glass like this can be seen in parish churches across the county ... East Anglia was very wealthy during the middle ages and Norwich was Britain's second city. The quality of the ...