Though it is not certain, many scholars agree that the Gutenberg Bible was published in Mainz, Germany on this day. The printing of the Gutenberg …
He played a significant role in the establishment of America. He was the first to establish that America was a new continent and not a …
A young peasant girl who could neither read nor write, she followed the voices and visions from God and completely reversed the course of the …
Jan Hus, a Bohemian religious reformer, was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake for his belief that Christ alone was the head …
The Battle of Grunwald was one of the most significant battles in medieval European history and was one of the first major successes for the …
Wycliffe had been born in the hinterlands, on a sheep farm 200 miles from London. He left for Oxford University in 1346, but because of …
John Ball was born in St Albans in about 1340. Twenty years later he was working as a priest in York. He eventually became the …
Every child learns at school that the Black Death was spread by rats which carried infected fleas. But the textbooks may need to be changed, …
The Edict of Expulsion was an act of Edward I which expelled all Jews from the kingdom of England. To understand why why Edward acted …
If you watch enough horror movies, sooner or later you’ll hear a character utter a variation on the phrase, “Every legend has a basis in …
