In the early Middle Ages, Irish monks transported an important collection of texts to continental Europe. Written during ...

Lets travel back in time and look at the life of one Medieval monk, who it turned out became a magician, an outlaw, a mercenary, a pirate and even had a brief stint as Admiral of the French fleet.

Medieval monks were, in many ways, the original LinkedIn power users. Earnest and with a knack for self-promotion, ... At other times the stories were designed to keep monks humble.

Rare medieval music, discovered within a 15th-century book, will resonate through Buckland Abbey in Devon this August, ...

The monks dwelled in buildings with sophisticated stone and glass work, studied in libraries, ... These hands-on practices were definitely used in medieval and Roman times, ...

How Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and ... Given that the Book of Revelations in the Bible warns of a blood-red moon appearing in the end times, medieval monks tended to take ...

Jamie Kreiner (Hist/Mus,’04) thinks a lot about thinking. Her new book, The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction, achieved a rare feat for a scholarly work: The Wall Street ...

Medieval monks had access to better facilities, expected to be more sanitary But, their parasite prevalence was "notably higher" than in ordinary people Their horticultural practices may be a ...

By observing the night sky, medieval monks accidentally recorded some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions.

By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history's largest volcanic eruptions. An international team of researchers, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), drew on ...

Medieval monks were ever mindful of the bible’s Book of Revelation, which paints a picture of the end times that includes a blood-red moon. Between 1100 and 1300, ...

By observing the night sky, medieval monks accidentally recorded some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions.