medieval times

Bargain hunter scores 700-year-old medieval times document

By David Sharp — September 23, 2022
(RNS) — Academics confirmed the parchment was from The Beauvais Missal, used in the Beauvais Cathedral in France, and dated to the late 13th century.

My real-life Da Vinci Code moment

By Jerome Socolovsky — March 9, 2018
(RNS) — Three years ago I discovered a strange diagram written into an ancient monastic book. (Commentary)

How the dead danced with the living in medieval society

By Ashby Kinch — October 30, 2017
(THE CONVERSATION) — What if the dead played a more active, more participatory role in our daily lives?

Ancient Order of Malta faces era of change as interim leader is elected

By Josephine McKenna — April 29, 2017
ROME (RNS) The election of an Italian knight was seen as a victory for Pope Francis, who had ousted the previous leader after an internal clash that pitted hard-liners against reformers.

Pope Francis meets knights of ancient order in new drama before contested election

By Josephine McKenna — April 27, 2017
ROME (RNS) Meanwhile the ousted head of the Order of Malta defied Vatican orders and returned to Rome to help elect his successor in a soap opera that has become a proxy battle between church conservatives and reformers.
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