Monasticism was the dominant form of religious life both in the medieval West and in the Byzantine world. Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States explores the parallel histories of ...

In northeast Scotland, six miles southwest of Elgin in Moray, stands Pluscarden Abbey, the northernmost Benedictine abbey in ...

Beyond the bustle of one of Britain’s most picturesque high streets hides an ancient garden undergoing a gentle renaissance.

The medieval research cluster also includes a large and dynamic community of doctoral ... and its study is therefore important in order to provide a more complete picture of monastic life, ...

This book resolves that seeming contradiction by describing four active traditions of early medieval astronomy: one divided the year by observing the Sun; another computed the date of Easter Full Moon ...

Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random, has signed a 'radically ambitious' book by historian James Clark in a 'heated' nine ...

The church and monastery, located in the municipality ... of the archaeological research with data from a medieval document detailing the life of St. Theodosius of Tarnovo, a high-ranking ...

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help ...

Students joined archaeologists in a multi-year excavation of a medieval monastery in England. Screengrab from University of Reading's Facebook post In 2021, archaeologists searching the bank of ...

From its grand and formidable medieval castle to its beautiful marina, this is the perfect place for a peaceful escape - not ...