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 woman disappears, “taken by wind.” A one-eyed priest frantically carves a feminine-looking crucifix for an abbey chapel, hoping it will absolve his sins. A group of nuns hides a text of mystical ...

The French countryside is filled 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 religious ...

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 religious ...

Medieval art historians have frequently and inconclusively sought a "monastic mode," a specific way that monastic art differentiates itself from secular religious art of the period. This article ...

Newly displayed 1,300-year-old doodles suggest that medieval monastic life wasn’t all about solemn chants and holy scripture. Now on view at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, the ...

All participants are invited to join in with singing the liturgical services; no previous experience required; ability to read musical notation is not essential. There will be a core of experienced ...

Martha G. Newman, associate professor of history and religious studies at the University of Texas at Austin, gave a speech titled “Assigned Female at Death: Joseph of Schönau’s Disruption of Medieval ...

https://doi.org/10.5406/jenglgermphil.120.1.0041 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jenglgermphil.120.1.0041 Copy URL Both texts appear in Abbots of Wearmouth ...

Sister Apollonia, right, and Postulant Claudia Schwarz kneel in 2016 in front of the altar of the chapel of the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany. Associated Press files BERLIN — Take 20 liters of honey ...