Have you ever heard the story of the medieval monk who tried to fly? His name was Eilmer of Malmesbury, and he was quite the ...

Generations of modifications eventually transformed the fortification into a manor, although many medieval architectural ...

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The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin. By Jack Tamisiea Medieval scribes ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Sometimes, a great find is hiding right beneath one’s nose in ...

Using CT scanning on 16th-century books, researchers uncovered bits of parchment salvaged from handwritten manuscripts. By Katherine Kornei Even in medieval times, recycling was in vogue: Bits of ...

Recommencementes de l'algèbre aux XIe et XIIe siècles / Roshdi Rashed -- The influence of stoic logic on Al-Jaṣṣāṣ's legal theory / Nabil Shehaby -- The beginnings of Islamic theology / Josef van Ess ...

Researchers have solved a decades-old mystery by showing that a cache of 43 helmets found off the Spanish coast is medieval, not Roman. The remarkable discovery exposes a thriving weapons trade ...

To modern eyes, many medieval beliefs sound unbelievable — even absurd. Illness was blamed on sin, bad air, or demonic forces rather than bacteria. Bloodletting was prescribed as a cure for everything ...

New research reveals a forgotten side of medieval Christianity—one rooted not in cathedrals, but in fields, forests, and farms. Historian Dr. Krisztina Ilko uncovers how the Augustinian order built ...

Earlier this year, a group of researchers published a paper on the remarkable phenomenon of sex reversal in several Australian birds, including wild magpies and kookaburras. They’ve yet to discover ...

TO KINETIC ENERGY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. CATAPULTS ARE A BATTLE WEAPON DATING BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES, AND NOW THAT SAME CONCEPT SHAPES OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA ...