When we think of medieval friars, we may well picture Robin Hood’s jolly Friar Tuck, known for his rotund figure and love of food and drink. But it turns out some of these monks were full of more than ...

A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, Christine de Pizan and Hildegard of Bingen Meilan Solly - Senior Associate ...

Do England’s medieval graffiti drawings reveal a lingering devotion to paganism? As reported by the BBC, the four-year-old Lincolnshire medieval graffiti project has uncovered more than 28,000 ...

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England was never as isolated as many history books once suggested. New research shows that people moved into and across ...

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Rail workers in the U.K. have discovered a mysterious cave containing the remains of a medieval shrine. The discovery was made after a landslide near Guildford in southern England. Rail workers making ...