There are at least 34 documented stories of transgender saints’ lives, three of which had widespread popularity in medieval ...

Is loneliness a modern epidemic as we are so often told? Did people in the past suffer similar feelings of isolation?

Finchale Priory is built on the site of St Godric's Hermitage and its within walking distance of Durham city centre ...

The monk then sets off to tell the king of the ... belonged to the lower classes and was considered a yeoman. The medieval English ballads use this term to describe a status higher than a peasant ...

Monk consulted with medieval embroidery expert Dr. Alexandra Makin to determine ... Cara Johnson holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Washington & Lee University and an M.A. in English ...

Father Basil is the first monk out of bed at the monastery ... every year to buy the monks’ jams and jellies, attend their medieval church services and glimpse the life of those who’ve ...

She then becomes "like a priest" to the monk, explaining to him what's wrong ... different," Irina Dumitrescu, professor of English Medieval Studies at the University of Bonn, tells the BBC.

On that date, the monks of Mount Melleray Abbey (Waterford ... discipline and uniformity to European and Irish monasticism. Medieval Cistercians were distinguished by their extraordinary ...

Medieval monk-scribes believed in a special demon named Titivillus ... As Arundel tried to cross the English Channel, 25 of his ships were wrecked by a storm. He ordered the captives to be thrown ...

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 ...