Religion

The radical Italian thinker was burned at the stake on February 17th, 1600.

Akhbar Ahmed argues that the rise of Muslim fundamentalists means that Islamic leaders face a choice between moderation or militancy.

Claire Cross shows how the experiences of English Protestant exiles on the Continent, and Continental exiles in England, affected Protestantism in the Sixteenth Century.

Ian Bradley reflects on the origins and development of Christmas carols.

‘There’s no discouragement...Shall make him once relent...His first avowed intent... To be a pilgrim.’  Women, however, endured vexations of their own as Diana Webb outlines.

On June 15th, 1098, the army of the First Crusade discovered the Holy Lance – the very spear that had pierced Christ’s side on the cross - in the city of Antioch.

Having made many powerful enemies, the Dominican friar and puritan fanatic Girolamo Savonarola was executed on 23 May 1498.

Signed on 13 April 1598, the Edict of Nantes granted rights to France's Calvinist Protestants, known as Huguenots.

John Morrill re-examines a stormy period of religious history.