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A Roman statue against a red background

From secret cults to Christianity, how did ancient Roman religion change so dramatically?

Statue of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten

Akhenaten, the 'heretic' pharaoh who brought a new religion to ancient Egypt

London in the 16th century map, illustration by Theresa Grieben

Trade, religion and diversity: how Tudor London became a global city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Paris became a charnel house during the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre, as shown in this painting by François Dubois (Photo By DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini via Getty Images)

General Early Modern

Catholics vs HuguenotsYour guide to the French Wars of Religion

Bronze figure of Sulis, the Celtic goddess associated with medicine, fertility and healing. (Image by Getty Images)

Religion in Roman Britain: spreading the word of the gods. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Colour illustration of people gathering outside a church during the Middle Ages

The medieval church: your guide to religion and worship in the Middle Ages

A stone bust of the Greek god Dionysius

The gods and their whims: your guide to ancient Greek religion

Tourists at Stonehenge. We have no better idea today than 200 years ago what the people who erected these sarsens truly believed. (Getty Images)

Prehistoric religion: a pagan riddle we will never solve?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A representation of the ancient Mesopotamian demon Pazuzu, in front of a carving. (Photo by Getty/Alamy)

General ancient history

Behold his nightmarish nether regions: this ancient Mesopotamian demon was secretly a divine hero

Culross Abbey

Five hidden historical gems in the Scottish region of Fife

What religion was practised by the people of Lithuania before their conversion to Christianity in the 14th century?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bust of Heliogabalus

From sex scandals to religious controversy: Rome's forgotten emperor Heliogabalus

Vulcan caught Venus and Mars in a net and shows them to the laughing Gods. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

Religion in ancient Rome: what did they believe?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stone engraved with the representation of the gods Odin, Thor and Frey, with a sacrifice to Odin

Christians and pagans in Norse society: the real religious rifts between Vikings

A carving of the Viking gods Odin, Thor and Freyr with a sacrifice above them. It was found on the Swedish island of Gotland (Photo by: PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Gods, myths and rituals: what we know about Viking religious beliefs

A composite image of Henry VIII against a backdrop of mysterious illustrations.

The Tudor law that forced an occult practice underground for centuries

A painting of a man with a snake like body, all piled on top of each other, with a sad face and long black hair, plus red wings

The US 'voodoo' scare: why 19th-century racists spread fake news about Haiti. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This illustrated map traces the route of Venetian merchant Marco Polo along the Silk Road to China in the 13th century. His travels opened up new vistas of Asia to Europe and became one of the most influential accounts of the medieval world.

Step onto the medieval Silk Road and you'll witness its intense wonders – and its hidden horror

Hug a tree like a pagan from the margins of Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man in a black long sleeved top, beige trousers and brown shoes sitting on a low wooden bench. He is leant on his knees, with his hands held together. Behind him, there is a river covered in lily pads and a bank of large trees

The overlooked history of Muslims in Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

23 May

A large marble statue of a woman, with many bulbous growths all over her front

General ancient history

This ancient goddess commanded a Wonder of the World – but why did she have thirty breasts?

This late 15th-century illustration shows crusader forces besieging Damascus during the ill-fated Second Crusade in 1148. The armies of King Baldwin III of Jerusalem, Emperor Conrad III of Germany, and King Louis VII of France converge on the city, only for the campaign to collapse in defeat. Likely produced in Bruges for a chronicle of the Crusades, the image reflects how later medieval artists interpreted one of the crusading movement’s most damaging failures.

Who won the crusades? The causes, death toll, and number of medieval holy wars explained

Saint Augustine in His Study. (

Why is taking your own life considered a sin?How a Christian Saint defined suicide. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of King Æthelred II holding a sword

The St Brice’s Day Massacre: what really happened?

Week oneFaith and worship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A monochrome woodcut-style illustration of a small camp. Several conical tents stand in the background. In the foreground, three people are engaged in different tasks: one person carries a large bundle on their back, another kneels beside a small fire as if cooking or tending it, and a third lies on the ground wrapped in a blanket, appearing to rest. The scene emphasises daily life and work within the camp

Inside Britain's first refugee camp: a 300-year history of immigration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1864 campaign banner. (David J & Janice Frent/Corbis via Getty Images)

US presidents: Race, religion and re-election?

1 July

A composite image of post-medieval women being persecuted.

In post-medieval Scotland, two specific crimes reveal the challenges faced by ordinary women