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The July 7 event at Canterbury is evidence of a growing interest in shrines, saints and relics in the Church of England, ...
Centuries ago, the site was home to St. Leonard's Hospital, a sprawling monastic facility that provided care to sick individuals and supplied meals for prisoners at nearby York Castle ...
The word Gothic consistently suggests multiple meanings. From its ties to the Germanic Goths who, in their migrations across central Europe, Italy and Iberia, contributed to the fall of the Roman ...
“Remnants of what is believed to be one of the largest medieval hospitals in the north of England have been found inside the ...
According to the cathedral's website, after the invasion of 1066, the Normans built a new cathedral (of which only a few traces remain), and a century or so later, that was rebuilt in the Gothic ...
Just a stone's throw from Birmingham lies a city rich in history and charm, where ancient architecture meets the lively pulse ...
Ela Fitzpayne was a powerful aristocrat who offended the Archbishop of Canterbury and was ordered to do a "walk of shame." ...
In Oxford alone, homicide rates during the late medieval period were about 60 to 75 deaths per 100,000 people, a rate about 50 times higher than what is currently seen in English cities.
The Medieval Murder Maps project “provides fascinating insights into the ways in which people carried out violence, but also into the ways in which people worried about it,” Skoda said.
Researchers cite new evidence of how a medieval British noblewoman may have plotted to exact revenge and help kill her former lover, a priest, nearly 700 years ago.