The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

Knights and ladies, castles flying pennant flags, sumptuous fabrics, and gleaming armor—these are some of the Middle Age ...

The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste ...

New Finnish research shows infants were breastfed longer in the Middle Ages than in the 1800s. Isotope analysis of children’s ...

Manuscripts drawn from the collections of the university library and Cambridge’s historic colleges will go on display.

They discovered an eight-metre-long footing of the Western elevation and porch of the post-medieval St Aldate’s Church, built in around 1750. Thought to be named after a bishop of Gloucester who died ...

The judges commended the medieval town for it’s “knockout historic looks ... housing an impressive number of paintings, prints, illustrations, wallpapers and decorative designs by artists of the 20th ...

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Linked to Wells Cathedral by a 15th-century tower and bridge, the 650-year-old terrace is said to be the oldest medieval street in Europe still used for its original purpose. Its silvery pink ...

There has been talk in Sacramento of replacing the antiquated I Street Bridge over the Sacramento River for about a quarter century. Yet despite fancy renderings of a modern bridge and local hopes ...

During medieval times, texts show that people not only believed St. Patrick was a saint, but also that he was a part of God's final judgement of Irish people when they died. Over the years ...