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Hear the Long-Lost Chants of English Monks Whose Monasteries Were Dissolved by Henry VIII
A university choir has revived music found hiding in plain sight in a book once used by monks at southern England's Buckland ...
A new theory from the University of Bristol suggests that one of history's most famous medieval artifacts may have served a surprising purpose. The Bayeux Tapestry, the iconic 68-meter embroidered ...
Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers of monks over the centuries. Here, the monks have dedicated their lives to the vows of ...
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How a Medieval Monk Became One of England’s Most Dangerous Criminals
In the 14th century, Malmesbury Abbey was home not only to scholars and monks — but to John of Tintern, a cleric described by ...
New research by a historian from the University of Bristol offers an intriguing suggestion about one of history's biggest mysteries—the original purpose of the world-famous Bayeux Tapestry.
At their peak in the 1960s, 60 monks lived, prayed and worked together on the property that overlooks the Shenandoah River. In their prime, they baked and sold 20,000 of their world-famous fruitcakes.
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On a piece of land in South Carolina where hundreds of Indigenous and African Americans were once enslaved, some Trappist monks, after discovering 20 unmarked graves, have installed a bronze sculpture ...
RICHARDTON — Bertrand Vogelweide was driving home to Fargo after a trip to Medora when he noticed the twin spires of the Assumption Abbey reaching toward the sky over the western North Dakota town of ...
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