An international team of researchers, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), drew on readings of 12th and 13th century chronicles, along with ice core and tree ring data, to accurately date some of ...

12th century French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not ...

Records of lunar eclipses that appeared unusually dark are telling scientists when volcanic eruptions might have occurred in the past. YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images When medieval ...

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 ...