Naughty young royals would escape punishment from their teachers by having someone else nearby to take the whipping… or did ...

His own educational vision was deeply influenced by Renaissance humanism. By the time of his death, the Jesuits were directing 33 colleges and universities. Today there are 112 Jesuit institutions of ...

Written in the mid-fifteenth century, Pope Pius II’s Commentaries are the only known autobiography of a reigning pontiff and a fundamental text in the history of Renaissance humanism.

(British Humanist Association) Humanists are not convinced by the "natural law" argument. Humanists who do not believe in God dismiss the argument that contraception interferes with God's plan for ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

The President of the Pontifical Academy for Life Each speaks to Vatican News about the ethical and anthropological challenges ...

Emeritus Professor Mousley’s main areas of academic interest are in literary theory, humanism and posthumanism, Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, and autobiography. He is the author of Literature ...