In Baghdad, Ibn Sina (Avicenna) writes the Canon of Medicine ... Translated into Latin in the 12th century, Method was a foundational medical text in Europe well into the Renaissance.

Dear Miss Saucy ... I hereby order you to give me as many kisses and as many hours of your company as I shall please to ...

• 12th Century: Rings and crozier heads from the Cathedral Treasury, symbolising the wealth and influence of Chichester’s ...

A leading climate scientist believes Earth may be even more sensitive to greenhouse gases than previously thought, but there ...

Chichester950 is a year-long celebration of Chichester Cathedral’s 950th anniversary, which features a major exhibition: Religion, Rebellion & Reformation. Opening on Friday 14th February, it ...

Bhakti poet Andal, Marathi mystic Dhyaneshwar and Tamil poet Subramania Bharati have all used birds as rich metaphorical ...

Teams of composers and librettists presented the premieres of three 20-minute operas as part of Washington National Opera’s ambitious incubator program.

Unedited and surviving in a single manuscript, Adam draws heavily on Ibn Sina’s 11th century Canon of Medicine ... protection of the soul”, as one 12th century Italian blessing explained.

Travelers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th-century Jacques de Vitry of ...

Through meticulous scholarship, Seán Ó Hoireabhárd provides an account of the political evolution of Irish kingship through the 11th century and into the late 12th. It is the first significant ...

There are so many reasons to visit Suffolk's cathedral town, from its independent restaurants and shops to its entertainment venues ...