Victoria Westover’s Final Vows takes you behind the habits and into the daily lives of nuns of the Cistercian order. With ...

The Abbaye de Royaumont is gearing up for a bucolic weekend as part of Rendez-Vous aux Jardins 2025. Discover the program for ...

Aubazine Abbey, a jewel of medieval Cistercian heritage nestled in the heart of Corrèze (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region), is about to be restored to its original splendor. The famous Chanel fashion ...

A SWIMMING pool could be built in the grounds of a mansion visited by King Charles I and where Owain Glyndwr was defeated in ...

The Teifi Pools, located in Ceredigion, has featured on a list of the greatest world wonders you've never heard of created by The Telegraph ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has found.

But that’s all changed with the recent revamp of L’Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay, a former 12th-century Cistercian abbey that’s been transformed by hospitality company Paris Society, the group behind many ...

It is rare to find medieval manuscripts in their original bindings, but some from the 12th and 13th centuries have been preserved in Cistercian libraries such as Clairvaux and its daughter abbeys.

The Cistercian monks described seals as the "sea calf," and there is no existing written record of the purchase or any use of sealskin at Clairvaux Abbey. The use of sealskin in bindings appears ...

At a roundabout on a housing estate in Hull, six monks, their cowls up and arms folded, tread a lonely furrow, oblivious to the busy traffic around them. The carved-wood statues reference a ...