A STUNNING Royal crown is amongst a stash of medieval treasure discovered in a secret underground chamber where it was hidden ...

It’s 40 years since Anita Brookner won the Booker Prize for her slender novel Hotel du Lac. The awards were televised back ...

Leprosy victims taught by a bishop, Medieval Illumination by James Le Palmer, from the Omne Bonum manuscript,1360-1375, ...

Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, earned the unenviable title of Binsky’s least favourite European destination ...

Viking’s Iconic Western Mediterranean cruise includes such ports of call as Barcelona, Marseille, Monaco and Pisa.

Independent shops 'rule here', there are three outstanding primary schools and you can easily commute to London ...

Known as the “Golden City of 100 Spires,” Prague boasts a fairytale medieval Old Town, historic churches and synagogues, and ...

When he was 13, Ralph Fiennes told his mother he wasn’t going to go to Mass any more. “My mother was a committed Catholic, very much so,” he says. In his early teens, the Fiennes family was living in ...

Whether you’re craving an international adventure or seeking local hidden gems, Europe has a wealth of travel opportunities ...

A TINY village in the UK that was once owned by an English king has been named one of the greatest in the country. Located in East Sussex, Ditchling is home to just 2,000 residents. First ...

Saint Anthony the Great (251-356), also known as Anthony of Egypt or Anthony the Abbot, is widely regarded as the father of ...

The majority of people were peasants. The Church's role in medieval life in England The Catholic Church in medieval England was hugely powerful. William I’s rapid building programme of churches ...