On Wednesday, September 18, the Friends of PUL’s own Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski will reveal the story of Venice-born French writer Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-c. 1430). Raised in an intellectual ...

For centuries, the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Merlin, Guinevere and the world of Camelot have come to be known as Arthurian legend, or the matter of Britain. From Arthur’s birth to his ...

A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars, including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge scholars now believe the Song of Wade, a long-lost treasure of English ...

Throughout history, connecting with younger generations has always been a challenging pursuit. But in the 12th century, one brave preacher gave it his best shot, delivering a sermon in Latin that ...