Westminster Abbey, Ukek and York: Medieval News Roundup

From archaeological discoveries in Russia and England, to a 15th century recipe on 'Caudell of Almondys', here is some of the things...

Crusader Feces, Bat Feces, Latin swear words, and building a village - medieval news roundup

Here are some news stories from the medievalverse, and a few from beyond it... Crusader Feces An article in the International Journal of Pal...

Reading, Insulting, Taxing, Finding and Stealing - medieval news roundup

What did people read in the Middle Ages? A new book is looking at how people in late-medieval London read. Arthur Bahr, a professor of liter...

Olive Oil and Cathedrals, the Last Pope, and the Cat picture

A Dash Of Olive Oil May Preserve British Cathedral  A report from NPR about using the oleic acid from Olive Oil to preserve York Minster in...

Sealed Under Turkish Mud, a Well-Preserved Byzantine Chapel

In the fourth century A.D., a bishop named Nicholas transformed the city of Myra, on the Mediterranean coast of what is now Turkey, into a C...