Research examining traces of parasites in medieval Cambridge residents suggests that monks were almost twice ... to friars from the remains of their clothing. "The friars were buried wearing ...

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 ...

What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction It’s time for our annual ritual of setting some resolutions and disappointing ourselves soon afterward by not living up to them. As we struggle to ...

Tianyi Wang works for the University of Cambridge. He receives funding from Chinese Scholarship Council-Cambridge Trust Scholarship. Piers Mitchell does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...

In popular imagination, scribes and manuscript illuminators of the Middle Ages were men: Monks hard at work in candlelit ... her remains was the lack of wear and tear on her bones, a sign she ...

Languages: English, Spanish A study of medieval human remains from a castle in Spain has unraveled fascinating insights into a group of warrior monks. Researchers examined the remains of 25 ...

Medieval chroniclers recorded and described ... a vision of the end times that speaks of a blood-red moon, the monks were especially careful to take note of the moon's coloration.

What happened when monks had to be celibate? Historian Katherine Harvey reveals all. Show more What happened when medieval monks were told by the church that they had to be celibate? And how did ...