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

St Malachy made predictions in the 12th century to Pope Innocent II and there is split opinion on whether they should be believed among the ...

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 ...

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 ...