Chess is widely seen as a great equalizer. Players from every social, racial, and economic class have squared off across the ...

Far from being a metaphor for racial tension, chess reveals world where people could engage as equals ...

(RNS) — An 800-year-old puzzle about a set of 13th-century floor tiles has added to historians’ thinking about the relationship of Europeans and Arabs at the time of the Crusades. Amanda Luyster, ...

Ceramic vessels originating in the Islamic world once adorned the facades of churches and other Christian monuments, while Christian symbols such as the cross embellished columns, slabs, and other ...

Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called "game of kings" defied social structures and racial ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A new study reveals that medieval chess was a powerful vehicle for promoting racial harmony. While contemporary medieval art often depicted non-white individuals in extreme roles, representations of ...