Unlike much of the art produced in the intervening centuries, works made in the Middle Ages served specific religious purposes and functions. Reliquaries are a great example of this divide between ...

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

This concept entails using art to justify human existence in the face of changing ... This is the first full-length study of the interrelation between sermons and vernacular religious drama in late ...

"They thought there existed artistic continuity from the time of Christ so their use in a Christian context was more than ...

"In the life of Mary, we see a saint who does not adhere to medieval conceptions of Christian piety as white. That tells us medieval people in England were open to models of sanctity that weren"t ...

St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art strives to promote greater understanding among people of all faiths – and those with none, too. It sits on the site of a former medieval castle and was ...