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Wondering how people understood astronomy in the Early Middle Ages? This book offers the text and translation of a letter to Charlemagne prompted by a rare astronomical event that took place in the early ninth century.

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Archaeologists at Naumburg Cathedral in Germany have discovered 13 elite medieval burials dating to the 11th century, possibly belonging to an extended family.

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Archaeologists at Manzikert have uncovered 11th-century Byzantine ballista bolt heads linked to the siege that preceded the famous battle of 1071.

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The Czech National Library has put 31 medieval manuscripts online, including rare medical, religious, legal and scientific texts.

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Microbial traces preserved in rubbish heaps reveal new details about farming, livestock and daily life in medieval Norse Greenland.

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