It was performed both preventatively and, in the case of some medieval religious communities, periodically as part of ...

Hulton Archive / Getty Images Because these penitentials are extremely old religious texts, they were written primarily in Latin. Fortunately, Medieval Handbooks of Penance by John T. McNeill and ...

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

What was life like in medieval society? Most medieval people lived in villages, as there were few large towns in the Middle Ages. The majority of people were peasants. The Church's role in ...

Medieval Europe’s diverse regional cultures were balanced by a conscious attempt to create a unified view of the world that embraced religious and social ideals, Latin and vernacular literature, and ...

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It was performed both preventatively and, in the case of some medieval religious communities, periodically as part of monastic bodily regulation and discipline. Devoting some 25 chapters of his ...