Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses
Michael Mullett defines the Theses' role in the Lutheran Reformation.
Religion
Birth of John Wesley
The founder of Methodism was born on 17 June 1703.
Europe's Muslim Capital
Philip Mansel explores the City of the Sultans from 1453 onwards, and finds it characterised by a vibrant multi-culturalism until the Ottoman demise of 1922.
Christian-Muslim Understanding in the Later Middle Ages
Richard Fletcher asks to what extent medieval Christians and Muslims sought to move beyond mutual hostility.
The Spanish Inquisition
Simon Lemieux examines the hard facts about the Inquisition and counters the common caricature.
Boniface VIII’s Bull Unam Sanctam
Pope Boniface VIII issued the papal bull Unam Sanctam, the most famous papal document of the Middle Ages, on November 18th, 1302.
God and the Normans
David Crouch reconsiders William I and his sons as men of genuine piety – as well as soldiers.
The Development of Protestantism in 16th Century France
Graham Noble investigates the causes of the rise and fall of French Protestantism.
The Muslim Expulsion from Spain
Roger Boase looks at a Spanish example of religious and ethnic cleansing.
Martin Luther and German Anti-Semitism
Graham Noble illustrates Luther's anti-Jewish views and distinguishes them from those of the Nazis.