Though medieval English history hadn't exactly been her thing, she had seen artists' renderings of medieval courtyards and remembered them to be full of all sorts of interesting buildings.

The theatre's main auditorium is styled after an outdoor medieval courtyard where rolling clouds are projected onto the ceiling.

Another hidden church can be found in the Begijnhof, an enchanting medieval courtyard in which the Catholic church provided homes for women who were unmarried and devoutly religious but did not take vows.

The Close is one of the most complete in the country and includes a medieval courtyard which once housed the men of the choir.

On a quiet medieval courtyard.

La Puce a l'Oreille, 5 Rue St.-Thomas, (33-5) 65.34.33.08, has tables by a walk-in fireplace in winter and in the medieval courtyard in summer.

But it was in a medieval courtyard that was very intimate.

Each morning for two weeks in June, we walked across the Mathematical Bridge, spanning the River Cam, and through the medieval courtyards of Queens College to the seminar room.

Dozens of steins are suspended from the ceiling of this specialist beer pub accessed through a gate inside a medieval courtyard.

Constructed in 1930, the interior of the auditorium was designed to resemble a walled medieval courtyard surrounded by a forest.