Tag: Middle Ages

Total Results: 5


God for Harry, England and St. George. (Credit: The Hollow Crown/BBC)
08/23/2023 - 1:01am

Modern Europe was born on the battlefield The Hundred Years War is our chronicle and crucible

Jonathan Sumption

Thursday, July 21

21.07

Are feminist historians rewriting the past? Janina Ramirez's 'Femina' maps modern concerns on our ancestors

Suzannah Lipscomb

Tuesday, February 2

02.02

Light a candle; spring is coming After a winter that has felt endless, Candlemas is here

Eleanor Parker

Wednesday, January 6

06.01

Thank God for liberalism Our understanding of individual rights is rooted in religion — not a reaction against it

Tomiwa Owolade

Wednesday, November 6

06.11

The myth of the anti-science Middle Ages The medieval Church was surprisingly supportive of science and mathematics — and even popularised the modern university

James Hannam