Late antiquity onward
Roman Rite & Catholicism
A rite is a way of worshipping
Begin in Rome. Separate a worship tradition from a church and a belief.
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Faith & history
Rites, churches and changing worlds.
Start with the Roman Rite, then explore Christian traditions, medieval reform and belonging through the War Atlas. Take the next step whenever you feel ready.
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451 and its long aftermath
Chalcedon, Coptic & Armenian churches
How Christians spoke about Christ
Understand Chalcedon, the Oriental Orthodox churches and the different uses of Adoptionism.
Tenth–fifteenth centuries
Bogomils, Cathars & Adamites
Belief through disputed records
Meet medieval dissenters while distinguishing their history from accusations made against them.
Late fourteenth–fifteenth centuries
Lollards, Hussites & Conversos
Reform, power and belonging
Follow English and Bohemian reform, then ask what a conversion label tells us about a person.
Ninth–sixteenth centuries
Asturias, León & Hispanic worship
Across the mountains, a changing world
Follow royal centres and worship books from Asturias and León to Burgos and Toledo.
Medieval Iberia to the Atlantic world
Portugal, Africa & the Americas
Across the Atlantic: what travelled, what changed
Trace institutions, books and beliefs through named people and places, with African and Indigenous histories in their own right.
Put the reading in its world.
Revisit the names, open the sources, and compare the period with the War Atlas.