Farmers skinned cats about 1,000 years ago in Spain, possibly for the medieval cat-fur industry or a "magical" pagan ritual, a new study finds. Scientists found evidence of the skinning at the ...

Pagans in northern Europe's Baltic region imported horses from neighboring Christian countries during the late medieval period to sacrifice in funeral rituals, a study has revealed. The research, ...

Now a commander in the U. S. Naval Reserve, Samuel Eliot Morison '08, on leave of absence from his post as Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, wrote the following history of Harvard ...

(The Conversation) — Recent generations of Jewish women have looked to reinvent rituals marking the most meaningful moments in their lives, especially childbirth and motherhood. Women are not, however ...

An 'onmyoji,' an expert on yin and yang, performs divination with counting rods in an Edo-period illustration. Kyoto University Library/Wikimedia “The Tale of Genji,” often called Japan’s first novel, ...

Medieval dance looked nothing like modern styles—most people moved in large circles, lines, or slow processionals rather than ...

CMEMS presents "Reflections on the "Energetic" Christ in medieval theology, ritual and art" with Eric Palazzo for Tuesday, April 30th, 2019 at 5:30 PM in Hale Science 230. Eric Palazzo is professor of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The Breileft was a ceremony that took place on the Sabbath following a Friday wedding. This article examines the evolution of one of the ...

Dunster will transform into a festive medieval village this December with banquets, torch-lit processions, historical ...

Reading the Torah, there is no doubt about motherhood’s important role in Jewish literature and life. Women are not, however, expected to place motherhood ahead of their own well-being. For example, ...