It was first thought to be a 14th century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old ...

Two women who meet while visiting their husbands in prison form the knotted center of Patricia Mazuy’s tense, terse drama.

Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and ...

Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a ...

Bahr undertook a complete re-examination of the tome, complete with spectroscopic analysis and mathematical investigation, to ...

The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.

In medieval novels, Merlin the Magician was far stranger than he appears in modern pop culture. Archivists have discovered new stories about him.

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One morning in January, I met the musician Lucy Dacus at the Cloisters, the medieval-art museum at the northwestern tip of ...

This massive shop in Quechee, Vermont, is filled with rare vintage pieces and hidden gems that make every visit an adventure!

The fair has a jewel of a 16th-century illuminated manuscript, and other museum-quality items, but fewer standouts over all.