New research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on the use of seal products across Europe during the middle ages, ...

French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not local cows or ...

Archaeologists believe they have uncovered the site of a 12th Century monastery near Downpatrick, County Down. The Cistercian ...

""Templars" chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Knights Templar, an order of warrior-monks founded in the early 12th ...

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

Buddhist monks are protesting for full control over their holiest shrine, the Mahabodhi Temple, in Bodh Gaya, Bihar ...