In the 14th century, Malmesbury Abbey was home not only to scholars and monks — but to John of Tintern, a cleric described by ...

Food for monks in the middle ages consisted of what was grown within the monastery and what could be begged from nearby towns. Their main foodstuffs included vegetables such as turnips or salad, dark ...

In a stunning revelation, archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a medieval warrior-monk with a rare skull deformity at ...