Lena Dunham returns to Wales to direct film adaptation of medieval comedy Catherine, Called Birdy By Clare Mccarthy For Mailonline Published: 13:34 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 13:35 BST, 30 March 2021 Lena Dunham has returned to Wales to direct an upcoming film adaptation of Catherine, Called Birdy. The actress and director, 34, lived … Read more
Britain’s best legal minds wrote on parchments made from sheepskin to prevent fraud for hundreds of years, a new study shows. From the 13th to 20th centuries, lawyers specifically favoured sheepskin, rather than goatskin or calfskin, for writing legal documents, the UK authors say. In an analysis of ancient sheepskin parchment, the researchers found the structure of … Read more
Mystery medieval tunnels that don’t appear on any maps are uncovered near 12th century abbey by workmen moving electricity pole The team stumbled on the underground network – unseen for hundreds of years The tunnel site was found near to the Tintern Abbey close to the England border Engineers working for Western Power Distribution stumbled … Read more
Mystery medieval tunnels that don’t appear on any maps are uncovered near 12th century abbey by workmen moving electricity pole The team stumbled on the underground network – unseen for hundreds of years The tunnel site was found near to the Tintern Abbey close to the England border Engineers working for Western Power Distribution stumbled … Read more
It was unlikely that the residents of Islamic Sicily drank alcohol, but that didn’t stop them being involved in a possible thriving wine trade, according to a new study. Chemical residues of grapes found in medieval containers from Sardinia and Pisa led researchers from the University of York to speculate on how they were used. … Read more
It was unlikely that the residents of Islamic Sicily drank alcohol, but that didn’t stop them being involved in a possible thriving wine trade, according to a new study. Chemical residues of grapes found in medieval containers from Sardinia and Pisa led researchers from the University of York to speculate on how they were used. … Read more
Almost half (44 per cent) of people on the lowest rung of society from the 10th to 14th centuries had some form of broken bone.
An eleventh-century Chinese coin unearthed in Hampshire provides new evidence of a bustling trade in luxury goods from the Far East more than 700 years ago. The copper coin, which was found at Buriton, Hampshire, around nine miles from the coast, weighs 0.12 ounces (3.6g) and has a diameter of just under an inch (25mm). Researchers … Read more
Clinics charge £300 for ‘medieval’ virginity testing, an MP has revealed as he launched a bid to outlaw the practice. Conservative Richard Holden cited the World Health Organisation and said there is ‘no scientific evidence at all’ to support the tests. He said 21 clinics have been identified in the UK and charge between £150 and … Read more
You won’t find them in the zoo! These medieval drawings of animals look VERY different to the real thing UK-based Daniel Holland has shared example of Medieval drawings of animals Artists behind these sketches clearly had never seen the beasts were drawing One drew an owl with a human face while another drew beaver with … Read more