Medieval friars were “riddled with parasites”, new research suggests. An analysis of remains from Cambridge suggests local Augustinian friars were almost twice as likely as the city’s general ...

The remains of dozens of medieval British Augustine friars discovered by the University of Cambridge were plagued with twice the parasitic intestinal worms of the general population at the time, a ...

Medieval friars living in Cambridge were "riddled with parasites" because of questionable gardening practices, a study suggests. Despite living at the well regarded Augustinian friary - where ...

When we think of medieval f riars, we may well picture Robin Hood’s jolly Friar Tuck, known for his rotund figure and love of food and drink. But it turns out some of these monks were full of ...

Medieval friars had access to fresher food and cleaner bathroom facilities than peasants. And yet they were almost twice as likely to have intestinal worms.

Jakub Adamski, Double-Nave Friar Churches in Prussia and the Questions of Asymmetry and Irregularity in the Medieval Architecture of the Mendicant Orders, Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 41, No. 82 (2020), ...