Religion

Jean Calas was sentenced to be broken on the wheel in front of the cathedral in Toulouse, on 10 March 1762.

For 600 years Muslims held sway over the Indian subcontinent. Then democracy and a desultory leadership did them in.

Despite persecution, Catholics survived in Protestant England. For the authorities, they were a problem with a silver lining.

The medieval period was a golden age of saints and miracles, but they were met with a healthy dose of scepticism.

The Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII is a well-worn tale. Are we getting the whole story?

In 17th-century Tuscany and Malta some women were able to hold their abusers, members of the clergy, to account.

The dissolution of the monasteries as a series of decisions and indecisions.

The history of England’s Jewish community in a period of revolution.

Two Hindu gods discover an abandoned child while following the wind’s path.

The introduction of chocolate to the Catholic world caused a dilemma: could it be eaten? Should it be given up for Lent?