Pope Gregory I (590–604 AD) played a key role in stabilizing Rome, organizing aid for the poor, and spreading Christianity to Germanic tribes ... papacy and the Frankish Empire, particularly ...

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what we knew about ancient medicine.

He initiated his conquests by subduing neighboring tribes and then launched attacks ... He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that covered much of Western and Central Europe, including ...

The term “barbarians” originally referred to the myriad tribes and peoples living beyond the fringes of the Roman Empire. These groups included the Goths, Vandals, Huns, and Franks, among others. The ...

I n 2005, the late conservative writer Lawrence Auster published a response to one of his critics. The critic argued that Christianity had added little or nothing of value to Western culture. Auster ...