When we think of medieval friars, we may well picture Robin Hood’s jolly Friar Tuck, known for his rotund figure and love of food and drink. But it turns out some of these monks were full of ...

Kreiner is a professor of history at the University of Georgia specializing in the early Middle Ages, and the author of The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction It’s ...

Newly displayed 1,300-year-old doodles suggest that medieval monastic life wasn’t all about solemn chants and holy scripture.

Rare music is set to be played at a Devon abbey for the first time in almost 500 years after it was found in a medieval book. A "plaintive" music performance by the University of Exeter's chapel choir ...

The University of Cambridge team excavated a total of 19 monks from the Augustinian friary grounds, plus 25 villagers, all buried between the 12th and 14th centuries. Cambridge Archaeological Unit.

What do medieval monks and volcanic eruptions have in common? According to a team of researchers, chronicles from the 12th and 13th century are helping volcanologists to precisely date ancient ...

A new exhibition in Dublin showcases historic manuscripts written in Irish monasteries. The show also features medieval ...

For the first time in nearly five centuries, Buckland Abbey in Devon will resonate once more with the sacred sounds of monastic music, thanks to research into a rare 15th-century manuscript and a ...