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The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) attempted to turn the grassy area in front of the Science Center into a medieval fencing arena during its day-long expo held yesterday.
As church fathers such as Irenaeus, Tertullian and Augustine hashed out Christian orthodoxy (and thereby some of the pressing philosophical questions of their day), their investigations inevitably spilled over into the hereafter. A centuries-long battle over the nature of human identity was waged in terms of whether the inhabitants...
In the 1988 social survey Heaven: A History, Colleen McDannell and Bernard Lang observe that over two millenniums human conceptions of heaven tended to alternate between God-centered visions and more humanist arrangements focused primarily on the reunion and interactions of the sainted dead. Medieval heaven, approached intellectually by the...
The Romans were known for their Vestal Virgins, six female virgins who represented the royal house and tended the state cult of Vesta, the goddess of hearth. Violation of their virginity meant being buried alive. With the advent of Christianity, the Virgin Mary became one of the central characters of...
"We need a climate control system urgently. Every year we don't have one, we're allowing serious detriment to this huge collection we have," says Professor of Medieval Latin and Comparative Literature Jan Ziolkoski, who is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Standing Committee on the...