Griffon Bookstore is the kind of place that makes you want to cancel all your plans, stock up on snacks, and settle in for a ...

Take a walk back in time on a visit to Fife, home to towering cathedrals, ancient abbeys and the world’s oldest golf course.

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Seventy miles down the coast from Scotland, in the middle of the Furness Peninsula, sits Furness Abbey. Over 900 years old, ...

A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious ...

Walking is one of the best ways to enjoy a landscape, taking time to observe surroundings and stopping to admire views. Used ...

The fresco provides crucial evidence of a medieval church using Islamic tents in key Christian practices, including mass, the study suggests. "Islamic textiles were associated with the Holy Land from ...

“The jubilee is for people and for the Earth a new beginning; everything must be rethought within the dream of God,” the pope told pilgrims gathered for the morning audience Feb. 1. The ...

The scallop shell, often paired with yellow arrows, serves as a reassuring sign that you're on the right track. Medieval pilgrims even wore the shell on their cloaks or hats, not only as a badge of ...

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Travelers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th-century Jacques de Vitry of ...