Geoffrey Chaucer: the medieval father of English literature

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'Bone biographies' reveal lives of medieval England's common people -- and illuminate early benefits system

Researchers give medieval Cambridge residents the 'Richard III treatment' to reveal hard-knock lives of those in the city during its famous university's early years. Study of over 400 remains from a ...

Forgotten, priceless medieval book found in school library

For generations, a misidentified medieval manuscript was hidden in a 474-year-old English boarding school’s library. After a ...
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An Unusual Ancient Burial of a Teenage Girl Offers Insight Into the Fate of Those Considered To Be ‘Outsiders’ in Medieval England

Archaeologists working near Cambridge, England, have discovered the remains of a young girl who lived sometime during the 8th or 9th century. Unusually for the time, she was buried face down, a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These High-Status Individuals Were Given a ‘Princely’ Burial Alongside a Fully Harnessed Horse in an Early Medieval Cemetery

Archaeologists in England recently discovered the sixth- and seventh-century graves, which also contained numerous weapons ...
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Archaeologists may have discovered a lost burial site in England

It always amazes me how much history is still being uncovered today, despite the time that has been dedicated to looking and ...
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Archaeologists stumble upon mysterious medieval village while preparing for new wind farms in England

Archaeologists in England have discovered the remains of a previously unknown medieval settlement that appears to have been abandoned hundreds of years ago. A team of 90 researchers with Wessex ...