Carine van Rhijn researched medieval medical texts in unexpected places: “When you start looking at manuscripts, you never know what you are going to find".

Scholars have decoded a medieval manuscript linked to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, solving a 130-year-old literary mystery.

From peach pit salves to lizard shampoos, ancient remedies reveal that medieval folks were surprisingly savvy about wellness, ...

It turns out the Dark Ages weren't all that dark. According to new research, medieval medicine was way more sophisticated ...

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

It's been studied for over a century – and we still have no idea what it says. In this video, we dive into the Voynich Manuscript, the most mysterious book of the Middle Ages. Filled with ...

Over the course of three nights in 1422, the woman had visions of aggressive pets and insatiable worms tormenting a beloved ...

More broadly, the sermon speaks of humility in an unusual fashion, comparing powerful, plundering men to wolves and deceitful ...

A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars, including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge ...

The display includes manuscripts from QNL's Heritage Library that shed light on the development and application of astronomical instruments in medieval Islamic societies.

Scholars say handwriting errors in a 900-year-old document changes the understanding of "The Song of Wade", a lost English poem.

A medieval manuscript is offering fresh insight into a centuries-old debate about love. The University of Birmingham and Longleat have launched a joint exhibition re-examining the 15th-century ...