Joanna I of Naples ruled during one of the most turbulent periods of the 14th century and became infamous for scandal and ...
Ermine de Reims was a 14th-century French widow whose reported visions and spiritual encounters unsettled both clergy and community. She described terrifying apparitions, demonic temptations, and ...
"The Great Shadow," by Susan Wise Bauer, is a sweeping survey of humanity’s relationship to illness over the centuries.