The images, which are varied in style and can be found in editions dating back to medieval and early-modern Germany, often ...

The first Catholic convert elected to the vice presidency has provoked an extraordinary string of conflicts within the church he joined six years ago.

JTA — The Passover Haggadah is one of the few sacred Jewish texts that has a long history of including illustrations, and among the most remarkable are detailed images of rabbit hunts that often ...

The "romance" of Alexander the Great is a unique illuminated codex on his life and was the most widely-read romance in the ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going on display for the very first time ...

An Avelo Airlines plane that took off from a New Hampshire airport was illuminated by a laser, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The crew of Avelo Airlines flight 1170 reported being ...

The critical point was, again the Middle Ages, and there you had an adversarial position between the church and the state ...

Guest: Linda Gordon is Professor Emerita of History at New York University. She is the winner of two Bancroft Prizes for best book in American history, most lately she is the author of Seven Social ...

The Post welcomes letters up to 250 words on topics of general interest. Letters must include full name, home address, day and evening phone numbers, and may be edited for length, grammar and ...

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