Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new ...

But how and what did medieval monks eat at Christmas? Because they had a relatively uninspired regular diet, they looked with anticipation to the meal they would eat on Christmas day. The typical ...

A study provides new insights into the many overlooked women scribes who wrote manuscripts in the Middle Ages.

There’s also the story of Eilmer the 11th-century monk, who constructed a pair of wings and flew ... The influence of the genre we call “fantasy”, which often looks back to the medieval past in order ...

Hidden in Wavertree, Monks Well is a centuries-old relic shrouded in legend. Thought to have been used by medieval monks, this ancient water source has long been a site of mystery and local folklore.