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New biography of UChicago professor and alumna shines light on her contributions to cryptography and medieval scholarship ...

Following one of the driest Aprils on record, Britain is already on course for a hosepipe-ban summer – and everything we ...

Greg Jenner is joined in medieval England by Professor Marion Turner and comedian Mike Wozniak to learn all about Geoffrey ...

Researchers discovered a medieval manuscript in Rome containing Caedmon’s Hymn, the first known poem in the English language.

This version of "Caedmon’s Hymn" shows how Old English evolved. It also features early use of a punctuation mark that readers ...

British literature stretches across more than a millennium, mirroring the shifting language, culture, and politics of the British Isles. From the epic oral traditions of the Anglo-Saxon age to ...

The manuscript had long been presumed lost and, as a result, had never previously been examined in detail by Bede scholars.

An early ninth-century manuscript containing a text of the first known poem in the English language has been discovered in ...

Chinese proverb of the day explains how truth is often hidden inside jokes and light comments. This proverb explores humor, ...

Dr Eleanor Janega, who holds a doctorate in medieval history and lectures at the London School of Economics, rates 10 well-known scenes from movies focussing on the medieval period. Eleanor reviews ...