Medieval monks lived lives centered on prayer, labor, and surprisingly large amounts of alcohol. Beer and wine were safer ...

Monastic life looks peaceful from the outside. In reality, monks lived on rigid schedules, heavy meals, and constant prayer.

The best location for a monastery was one that was close to water and wood. Many monastic chroniclers mention this. Orderic Vitalis, born in England near Shrewsbury in 1075 and sent to the Norman ...

King William should have seen his demise coming, according to the medieval omen experts of his era. Halley’s comet appeared ...

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Nearby is the Town Church of St. Mary, where Luther was married, where his children were baptized, and where he preached over 2,000 times. This is where what many consider to be the first-ever ...

Set Against The Brutal Reality Of The Third Crusade, The Novel Explores The Cost Of Devotion When Destiny And The Heart ...

Despite “Game of Thrones” being a massive hit for HBO, there were plenty of people who opted not to watch the tale of swords ...

From silent ramen joints to dawn rituals, these 10 places provide calm and reflection – even in the world’s busiest cities.

Did you know that one of the most fascinating museums in Paris, dedicated to science and technology, is housed in a former medieval cloister? The Museum of Arts and Crafts combines historic ...

"With enough butter, anything is good," quipped Julia Child. Today's food lovers are just as smitten—and so is our writer, who set out on a quest across France to find the holy grail.

Women allegedly make up an 82 per cent of romantasy readers, but men are reportedly reading the stuff more and more – at a time when fewer and fewer men are reading books at all, even in their ...