Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another ...

Life in 14th-century Cambridge, England, couldn’t have been easy. As the Black Death faded, it left behind a devastated society and many poor people. After years in which their bodies were worn ...

Researchers give medieval Cambridge residents the 'Richard III treatment' to reveal hard-knock lives of those in the city during its famous university's early years. Study of over 400 remains from ...

During that medieval era, Cambridge was home to a few thousand people. The bubonic plague — known as the Black Death — came to the city between 1348 and 1349, killing 40% to 60% of its ...

The sight of cattle grazing in the parks and open spaces around Cambridge is as much a part of the scenery as the ancient ...

A possible medieval cannon ball and 20th century lemonade bottle were also found during the works at the Wicken Fen nature ...

Each copy of the Suite Vulgate du Merlin was unique, as they were individually handwritten by medieval scribes, and fewer than 40 copies are known to exist. The Cambridge copy was written between ...

The Cambridge University Library exhibition, Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World, showcases medieval manuscripts detailing treatments ranging from the commonplace to the truly peculiar ...

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another book, according to experts at the Cambridge University Library in England.