Today, we think of monks in peaceful meditation, being at one with the world. But that wasn’t always the case. The legendary ...

We round up the ghost-infested paranormal hotspots to explore this spooky season, from eerie castles to village pubs with ...

Burgundy is crisscrossed with canals and dotted with farming villages and its hillsides produce the superior wines and fine ...

Every town, village, and city across the UK, every street, every shop, every corner seems to have a ghost. Medieval monks, ...

The negative view of King John can be traced back to the writings of medieval monks and other religious writers. They frequently wrote that he was an evil man, but they may have had a reason to ...

After he and his fellow monks sang morning prayers in their church nestled in a forest, Brother Luke walked back to his ...

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

The state is almost completely absent in 'The Decameron. The characters don't exactly handle this responsibility well.

Medieval monks and the powerful dukes of Burgundy laid the groundwork that established this town’s prosperity. (The monks cultivated wine, while the dukes cultivated wealth.) Life here still ...

A brewing company has teamed with a temple in Nara Prefecture to make and sell sake re-created from a roughly 450-year-old ...

Performances in N.Y.C. “Indra’s Net,” coming to the Park Avenue Armory, shows off the polymathic Monk’s artistry as she enters her 60th season as a performer and creator. “I’ve held ...