Check if you have access via personal or institutional login This book challenges the orthodox view that lay patronage of monasteries dwindled in significance throughout the middle ages. Lay patronage ...

Across the Italian countryside, sacred religious spots are offering tranquility to a new generation of travelers.

In 2021, archaeologists searching the bank of the Thames in England stumbled upon a medieval building near a modern-day church. The site was excavated, revealing the remains of a monastery dating ...

Select 'Book Abbey and Monastery tour tickets' and enter your chosen date and time (the time slot must be before or the same time as the tour time slot) and select your general admission tickets. You ...

For most of the year, medieval monks ate a very drab diet, often while sitting in silence. When celebrating Christmas those ...

Archaeologists discovered ancient graves of Lombard kings in Pavia, Italy, unearthing artifacts and burial traditions.

The discovery of a medieval gaming board may have helped bring archaeologists closer to confirming the site of a lost early monastery. Archaeologists have been actively seeking the Monastery of ...

However, the Church set very high standards of cleanliness, so medieval monasteries were places of good public health. close public healthThe health of the population as a whole, and methods used ...