Fifty years later, Alfonso VIII of Castile ceded the fortress to the recently founded Order of Calatrava, a Cistercian military and religious order, who were tasked with defending the border ...

A study of medieval human remains from a castle in Spain has unraveled fascinating insights into a group of warrior monks. Researchers examined the remains of 25 individuals buried between the ...

Fifty years later, Alfonso VIII of Castile handed the fortress over to the newly founded Order of Calatrava, a military and religious order with the objective of defending the Tagus frontier from ...