After he and his fellow monks sang morning prayers in their church nestled in a forest, Brother Luke walked back to his residence to be greeted by a different kind of choir. Lucy and Iso excitedly ...

The family in medieval Japan was organized around the ie, which included close relatives, emphasizing family loyalty and ...

In northeast Scotland, six miles southwest of Elgin in Moray, stands Pluscarden Abbey, the northernmost Benedictine abbey in ...

Burgundy is crisscrossed with canals and dotted with farming villages and its hillsides produce the superior wines and fine ...

Crisscrossed with lazy canals and dotted with quiet farming villages, the French region of Burgundy is easy to like.

Today, we think of monks in peaceful meditation, being at one with the world. But that wasn't always the case. The legendary ...

Within its medieval walls ... “We don’t know exactly where the monks went; we just know that one was found here 40 years later.” Monastic life was extinguished for a time.