Kings, priests and peasants were all at the mercy of medieval comics, a rare manuscript from the 15 th century has revealed. The ‘mad and offensive’ comedy was unearthed at the National Library of ...

Two years ago, MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed to page through the Pearl-Manuscript, a singular bound ...

Dr James Wade, of Cambridge University, noticed the texts while researching in the National Library of Scotland and said they "poke fun at everyone, high and low". A 15th Century manuscript offers the ...

A green-skinned figure in a medieval manuscript may look very familiar to Star Wars fans. The ink illustration appears to show the Jedi knight Yoda on the pages of a religious document. But in fact, ...

The Heege Manuscript contains a record of medieval live comedy performance (National Library of Scotland/PA) A record of medieval live comedy performance has been identified in a 15th-century ...

One of the most romantic manuscripts of the medieval ages, the stories of chivalry, treachery and passion of King Arthur, his knights and his faithless wife, is to be auctioned next month and could ...

The Voynich manuscript features many drawings of naked women (Picture: Yale University Library) The world’s ‘most mysterious book’ could be a medieval sex manual – or at least part of it. The Voynich ...

Force of history: the Yoda-like figure from the 14th century manuscript Stuart Freeman, the British make-up artist who first created the look of the character Yoda for the 1980 Star Wars’ film The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To “doodle” means to draw or scrawl aimlessly, and the history of the word goes back to the early 20th century. Scribbling ...

Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion. But despite their association with the supernatural, ...

Stunned researchers have found one of the UK's most important manuscripts is full of ghosts. Dating from 1250, The Black Book of Carmarthen is the earliest surviving medieval manuscript written solely ...