Historian and host of the Gone Medieval podcast Matt Lewis ranks the most famous weapons from the medieval period. From the ...

A study of 16 Medieval manuscripts in Clairvaux Abbey in France found they were bound in a surprising material: sealskin.

A new study from a University of Nottingham archaeologist has revealed surprising insights into the city's medieval past, ...

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

“We have no written records to explain why monks chose to cover these manuscripts in sealskin, nor can we determine if these covers were a sign of particular value or symbolism,” researchers said.

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Read on to know the signs and symptoms of roundworms. If you touch roundworms and then your mouth or food without washing your hands, you can catch the parasite A shocking new report has highlighted ...

His body was later transferred to an Assisi cemetery as Acutis had asked, because of his devotion to the hometown medieval saint, St. Francis. Why is he about to become a saint? His road to ...

Allen Lane has signed Dr Florence Scott’s “bold and original” history of Medieval queenship, Monarchia: A New History of the English Royal Dynasties, Through the Queens Who Built Them.