Maastricht is most familiar for being where the treaty was signed, but this hilly part of the Netherlands also offers hikes, ...

A 700-year-old fresco discovered on the wall of a convent church in northern Italy suggests that luxurious Islamic tents were used to cover altars in medieval European churches, as Sarah Birnbaum ...

Explore the Origins of medieval universities, their academic structure, curriculum, governance model and other important details.

More than 500 years ago, while a medieval scribe was carefully copying a religious manuscript by hand, a cat walked across the pages while the ink was still ...

The bones are thought to come from the major medieval monastery at St Mary’s Abbey, and further excavation works are ongoing.

The Stary Ladoga City Museum in Russia’s Leningrad region announced Thursday the discovery of 23 silver coins dating to the Arab ...

What was once a small window on the side of the church is now cemented shut. In front of it, a sign reads: “Site of the cell ...

Nestled just a short drive away from Durham City Centre, you can find Finchdale Priory (or Finchdale Abbey) - ruins that date back to 1196.

Castel Badia in Italy's Dolomites opened with 29 guest rooms and suites, two pools, and a 10,000-square-foot subterranean spa ...

History is often taught as if libraries, archives, and the preservation of knowledge followed a single European path—from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval monasteries to modern universities—while ...

Medieval saints often earned authority not by healing people, but by restoring fields, animals, and land that kept rural ...

There’s something unforgettable about medieval monasteries: they weren’t just places of worship—they were fortresses of faith ...