Discover the story of Westminster Abbey’s Benedictine monastery, from the arrival of the first twelve monks in 960 AD to its dramatic dissolution under Henry VIII in 1540. On this 90-minute journey ...

ARLINGTON — A documentary about life in the Carthusian monastery on Mount Equinox, made by a team of Rutland filmmakers, to be screened at the visitors center outside the monastery, gives the outside ...

In medieval Denmark, death could double as a display of status. The closer your grave lay to a church wall or inside a ...

The French countryside is littered with medieval monasteries -- stony, quiet and atmospheric. Some are in a state of ruin; others are still home to peaceful monks or sisters going about their ...

A medieval monastery that has stood for nearly 900 years has been partially submerged after violent storms sent rivers surging across northern Spain. Photos show muddy floodwater filling the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a cemetery with 50 sets of human remains at a medieval monastery, among other rare finds. A team of researchers and students from the University of Reading made the ...

Students joined archaeologists in a multi-year excavation of a medieval monastery in England. Screengrab from University of Reading's Facebook post In 2021, archaeologists searching the bank of the ...

Located at the foot of the Balkans’ Accursed Mountains, the Decani Monastery is seen as a symbol of Serbia’s religious heritage in Kosovo. The 14th-century monastery is a World Heritage listed site, ...

The French countryside is littered with medieval monasteries -- stony, quiet and atmospheric. Some are in a state of ruin; others are still home to peaceful monks or sisters going about their ...