Revealed: How Dark Age Britain was a land of saints Exclusive: Archaeological research sheds remarkable new light on Celtic Christianity, reports David Keys Tuesday 23 February 2021 16:34 GMT ...

In the term of this issue we celebrate the great St. Benedict of Nursia. He is sometimes called the father of monasticism — ...

Scientists find languages not used since Dark Ages among ancient manuscripts recovered from monastery. New technique to probe parchments found in Christian site in Egypt that date back 1,500 years ...

Belief in the supernatural was a powerful force in the medieval world. Tales of restless spirits, haunted monasteries, and ghostly apparitions were more than just folklore – they often reflected ...

The Light Ages Seb Falk W.W. Norton & Co., $30. A long-standing myth about medieval history is that the Middle Ages were intellectually dark. Science supposedly took a hiatus between the demise of ...

Through its monasteries and schools, it preserved much of what remained of Western culture, and for that matter basic literacy, for 300 years. Featured Local Savings This isn't a paywall.