A charter from the monastery of Gellone and dated to 1100 preserves the aftermath of what seems to have been a night-time or dawn attack on two brothers. One, Raymond Berengarii, was struck with a …

Sidon, Lebanon

It isn't as far-fetched as it sounds.

Acording to their call, "[t]he Center for Jewish Studies in the School of Humanities and Arts at Rice University is seeking to hire the Kraft Family Professor of Jewish Studies, a full-time senior lev...

The archaeologists were overjoyed when the grave and thus the church were finally confirmed on the second-to-last day of the excavation. In the middle is Christian Edelfelt Koch Madsen. Photo: Ellen…

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In August's Fragment of the Month, Pratima Gopalakrishnan finds evidence for a Deccan merchant association in a Genizah document.

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Both families and the church assumed that the purpose of marriage was to have children. Couples who did not conceive often faced questions and scrutiny.