Medieval technology that its potential was fully achieved. Artesian well (1126) A thin rod with a hard iron cutting edge is placed in the bore hole and repeatedly struck with a hammer, underground water pressure forces the water up the hole without pumping. Artesian wells are named after the town of Artois in France, where the first one was drilled by Carthusian monks in 1126. Central heating through underfloor channels (9th century) In the early medieval Alpine upland, a simpler central heating system where heat travelled through underfloor channels from the furnace room replaced the Roman hypocaust at some places. In Reichenau
Murder of the monks of Tibhirine that the GIA had beheaded the monks after a breakdown of negotiations with the French secret service. The 7 monks of the Our Lady of the Atlas, who were kidnapped and later beheaded, were beatified with 12 other Algerian martyrs on December 8, 2018. The celebration occurred in Oran, Algeria. Murder of the monks of Tibhirine On the night of 26–27 March 1996, seven monks of the Trappist order from the Atlas Abbey of Tibhirine near Médéa, Algeria were kidnapped during the Algerian Civil War. They were held for two months, and found dead in late May 1996. The circumstances