Archaeologists in the Netherlands have discovered a treasure trove of "devil's money" at a medieval cult site, revealing key ...

The Netherlands, northern Germany and Britain have yielded fewer cult sites compared to the Nordic world, whose pre-Christian ...

For the Vikings, Germanic tribes, and other pagan peoples of pre-Christian Europe, this celebration, known as Yule, was originally meant to honor the winter solstice. The Yule or Yuletide ...

Watching a groundhog emerge from a cozy burrow in early February feels quintessentially American, but the tradition of turning to animals to predict the spring comes from pre-Christian pagan ...

You will learn about the different written sources and what they can teach us about pre-Christian religion in northern Europe in the Viking Age. This course surveys the primary collection of Old Norse ...

His work centers on Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations and ethno-religious identity in medieval Europe and the Islamic World, and the history of the pre-Modern Mediterranean. In addition to many ...