Strabos Garden: a Place of Beauty, Utility and Prayer
In the the early ninth century a young monk took the small boat that ferried passengers across to Reichenau Island in Lake Constance. His...
Preaching in Medieval England Book Review
Preaching in medieval England is a scholarly look at preaching in England at the end of the Middle Ages. For more than eighty years,...
The Story Behind Elizabeth’s Jewellery
In medieval times, jewels played a much bigger part in administrative duties of royals than they do now. Education was only for the rich,...
Ancient Blessings: The Forgotten Contribution of the Monks
When Rome fell it left devastated land behind it. author Martin Palmer observes that by the fifth century much of North West Europe was...
A Royal Connection
If you look around Limassol and even the entire island of Cyprus, you would be correct in assuming that there is almost no evidence...
The Real Robin Hood
The Hollywood film staring Russell Crowe as Robin Hood largely stuck to the script in its presentation of the legendary outlaw; Crowe playing the...
The Career of Arius
Known for the controversy that would carry his name and that rocked the early Church, Arius’ career was one of almost constant conflict. His...
The Invention that Changed Europe
Europe in the early Middle Ages was a place as Thomas Hobbes once said, where the lives of people were “nasty, brutish and short.”...
What’s in a Name? A Lesson from the French Kings
Most of the French Kings throughout history were awarded an epithet which emphasized a physical characteristic, a personal characteristic or an interesting accident of...