With a few exceptions, many of the most famous fantasy series of all time are set in an embellished version of boring old ...

After the devastation of the Great Plague came a wave of prosperity and innovation, not to mention the birth of the middle ...

Uses and Abuses of Power” is a program meant to assure audiences that questions of the present have confronted people in the ...

Freemasonry traces its roots to medieval stonemason guilds, though its modern iteration dates to the 18th century. What do Rev. Jesse Jackson, George Washington, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ...

A new month means new books! Here are some of the most anticipated Canadian titles for May 2025. If you're interested in ...

It’s not a large exhibition, but it’s a versatile one, covering medieval bookmaking technology and science, the social lives of books and contemporary conservation science. It also explores ...

Early on in your book, you explain how some English ... going to waive your membership fees to join our guild. This is not what you expect of medieval merchants at all. The stereotype of the ...

Matthew Collins In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in a protective outer layer made from the hairy hides of local land mammals, such as deer or boar. But in some instances ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has found. It is rare to find medieval manuscripts in their original ...

Science is helping researchers judge books by their covers — and revealing surprising beneficiaries of medieval trading routes in the process. Dozens of rare, fur-covered volumes from 12th and ...