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

Researchers told CBC News the use of seal skins as a book binder starts around the 12th century with the creation of a French abbey — or monastery — by Bernard of Clairvaux, a monk responsible ...

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

Researchers told CBC News the use of seal skins as a book binder starts around the 12th century with the creation of a French abbey — or monastery — by Bernard of Clairvaux, a monk responsible for the ...

Archaeologists believe they have found the site of a 12th Century monastery near Downpatrick, County Down, that was destroyed ...

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 ...

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

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

The Hindu monks assumed control of the Bodh Gaya site after Buddhism’s decline in India following Islamic invasions in the ...