Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the protagonists of intriguing stories symbolizing human virtues and faults.

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Alcohol? Male bravado? Too many knives? Here's what researchers think contributed to a major crime problem at the prestigious British university during the Middle Ages. This 14th-century bollock knife ...