Religion

The founder of Methodism was born on 17 June 1703.

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.

Richard Fletcher asks to what extent medieval Christians and Muslims sought to move beyond mutual hostility.

Simon Lemieux examines the hard facts about the Inquisition and counters the common caricature.

Pope Boniface VIII issued the papal bull Unam Sanctam, the most famous papal document of the Middle Ages, on November 18th, 1302.

David Crouch reconsiders William I and his sons as men of genuine piety – as well as soldiers.

Graham Noble investigates the causes of the rise and fall of French Protestantism.

Roger Boase looks at a Spanish example of religious and ethnic cleansing.

Graham Noble illustrates Luther's anti-Jewish views and distinguishes them from those of the Nazis.

Ian Mabbett considers how Buddhism, while preaching the rejection of society, simultaneously became a popular religion.