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A 15th century CE fresco detail depicting Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – c. 543 CE), an important figure in the spread of Christian Monasticism. (Museo di San Marco, Florence)

Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) was a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). He was considered one of the finest Patriot military officers during the early years of the conflict but defected...

In 313 CE, Constantine the Great (272 – 337 CE) ended the sporadic-yet-terrifying Christian persecutions under the Roman Empire with his “Edict of Milan,” and brought the Christian church under imperial protection...

Engraving of Benedict Arnold by Henry Bryan Hall, after an original painting by John Trumbull; 1879. National Archives and Records Administration.

A Proper Family Reunion, American political cartoon showing Satan and Benedict Arnold welcoming Jefferson Davis to Hell. Arnold and Davis were considered two of the most notorious traitors...

American Colonel Benedict Arnold, mezzotint made to commemorate his part in the American Invasion of Quebec (September 1775 to June 1776), by Thomas Hart, 26 March 1776. It is captioned as follows: "Colonel Arnold who commanded...

The monastic orders of the Middle Ages developed from the desire to live a spiritual life without the distractions of the world. Men and women who took religious vows were seeking a purity of experience they found...

A medieval monastery was an enclosed and sometimes remote community of monks led by an abbot who shunned worldly goods to live a simple life of prayer and devotion. Christian monasteries first developed in the 4th century in...

The Battles of Saratoga (19 September and 7 October 1777) marked the climactic end of the Saratoga Campaign during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). The battles, which resulted in the surrender of an entire British...

The American invasion of Quebec (September 1775-June 1776) was a military campaign undertaken during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Hoping to induce the Province of Quebec to join the rebellion, the Second...