Earliest known piece of polyphonic music discovered
17 Dec 2014 New research has uncovered the earliest known practical piece of polyphonic music, an example of the principles that laid the foundations of European...
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Conquering a continent: how the French language circulated in Britain and medieval Europe
22 Jan 2014 A 13th-century manuscript of Arthurian legend once owned by the Knights Templar is one of the star attractions of a new exhibition opening today at...
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Historic rivals join forces to save 1,000 years of Jewish history
15 Feb 2013 Cambridge University Library and the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries have today announced their first ever joint fundraising campaign to...
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