Dirty books reveal secret lives of people living in mediaeval times
New scientific analysis by St Andrews academic shows mediaeval people were like us.
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Aging Bull
Conservation work completed on founding document
Feared by the bad, loved by the good?
Dr Julian Luxford from the School of Art History has discovered a previously unknown document on Robin Hood.
Medieval minds
Modern man would be astounded by the silence and smell of society in the Middle Ages if catapulted back in time, according to a leading medieval historian.
Gold, galaxies and graverobbing
CAPTION - 'Exploding' dissection: one of nine plates illustrating a progressive dissection of the trunk, by David Waterston and J.T. Murray, c. 1931
The place of the dead
A wealth of new information surrounding death in mediaeval and early modern Europe has been unravelled by a University of St Andrews historian.
Honour for St Andrews historian
One of Scotland's most eminent medieval historians has been presented with a book in honour of her contribution to early Scottish history.