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For the first time in nearly five centuries, Buckland Abbey in Devon will resonate once more with the sacred sounds of ...
Some medieval crimes were so bold, they should be legendary - but you probably never learned about this one in school. In this video, we uncover a medieval robbery that stunned everyone at the time, ...
Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to ...
Employees noticed unusual layers of dust on the shelves and then saw that holes had been burrowed into some of the book spines.
A spirit of defiance and a mysterious culture endure on the French island of Corsica, intertwined with the timeless beauty of ...
In The Notbook of Kabir, the author Anand, who is sharply aware of his own entitlements and privileges, draws readers into a ...
Shop Now What it’s about: If you’ve already gobbled up (even reread) this year’s Carley Fortune (very good, maybe even her ...
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, the Byzantine Emperor who preferred books and who offered us a detailed account of Byzantine ...
Imran Abdullah wrote an article in 2019 titled “How did Jewish moneylenders in Medieval Europe contribute to the rise of ...
The UK's biggest myths debunked, from the legend of King Arthur to terrible food, lousy weather and a fanatical love of ...
The drugstore beetle, also known as the bread beetle, is often found among dried foodstuffs such as grains, flour and spices.