Illumination of Saint James the Apostle in the Salamanca copy of the _Liber Sancti Jacobi_ from the Codex Calixtinus. Spanish Ministry of Culture Situated at the end of the Camino de Santiago ...

Mysterious signposts illuminate stone walls and archways, guiding a rider through twisting medieval alleys to the Cathedral ...

A metal detectorist in southeastern Poland recently unearthed a Christian pilgrim badge from the Middle Ages, state officials say. The badge was found in the village of Wólka Nieliska, less than 50 ...

Such badges were common among Christian pilgrims in the Middle Ages, but it's not clear what the basilisk represents. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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A metal detectorist in southeastern Poland recently unearthed a Christian pilgrim badge from the Middle Ages, state officials say. The badge was found in the village of Wólka Nieliska, less than 50 ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Situated at the end of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route – known in English as St. James' Way, or simply“the Camino” – the Galician city of Santiago de Compostela is ...

If you imagine a Catholic military order from the Middle Ages, it’s likely to be the Knights Templar - popularised by Dan Brown’s fictional thriller, The Da Vinci Code But in Medieval Europe, there ...

Despite popular opinions, the Middle Ages left behind objects that feel almost too extraordinary to be real. Some of their ...

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(CNN) — Travelers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th-century Jacques de Vitry ...