Sebastian Castellio penned one of the first arguments for religious freedom – but it went unheeded for centuries.

Lori Anne Ferrell, who currently holds a joint appointment in early modern history and English at Claremont Graduate University, in Claremont, California, came to the study of the texts of Tudor and ...

Who or what is a Catholic? Is it the entire church or only the Western part of it? Must a Catholic be loyal to the pope, or could she defend the faith against the pope? Can a Protestant be Catholic?

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - About 800 colorful statuettes of 16th-century Protestant reformer Martin Luther are popping up in the eastern German town of Wittenberg, where Luther first railed against some ...

In “Lower Than the Angels,” the historian Diarmaid MacCulloch traces two millenniums of libidinal frustration. By Spencer Strub In “Summer of Fire and Blood,” Lyndal Roper tells the story of the serfs ...