They had sophisticated medical treatments at their fingertips – from preventative hygiene to prosthetics. Introduction The conventional...
Medieval
They were founded in 1113 CE with the full name of ‘Knights of the Order of the...
The allure of novel goods was so strong that it triggered 1,000 years of trade and interactions...
The family one was born into in Byzantium greatly determined one’s social status and profession in adult...
Van Helmont was an heir of Paracelsus’s thought and movement who went to lengths in later years...
With the plague decimating the ranks of laborers, surviving workers rebelled against the crown’s higher taxes and...
Knights were generally paid for their services, but not if in service to the king in a...
Medieval medical communities and religious institutions were intermingled. Originally published by Digital Commons at Western Oregon University,...
In medieval England, churches had a moral duty – and even a legal obligation – to protect...
Roman law came to have an immense effect on law as actually practiced in the medieval world....
The division between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Italy, fueled by the imperial Great Interregnum, persisted until...
Empires in the Indian subcontinent shared intertwined histories with principalities to the west such as the Greeks...
Historical aspects in the transformation of the windmill’s architectural forms, structures, and elements. Introduction The modern wind-power...
The owners of waterwheels and their mills were the first barons of industry after the so-called ‘Dark...
The work covers the entire history of ancient Persia from the creation of the world to the...
These poets would affect the literary arts of cultures around the world and continue to inspire readers...
‘Wondirful revelacyons’, the moving of the soul through visionary experience, are the subject of Kempe’s narrative. Introduction...
When one is “brewminating” over the middle ages, anywhere between the collapse of the Roman empire to...
Construction could sometimes take decades to complete these massive defensive structures. Introduction Medieval fortification refers to medieval...
The Middle Ages saw the emergence of the castle in Europe, which then spread to Western Asia....
The growing sense of nationalism in England was one of the underlying causes of the Wyatt Rebellion....
Roger Bacon believed people should test their beliefs rather than accepting what they’re told. Introduction It seems...
In Britain rabies was certainly known in 1000 CE and probably much earlier. Introduction On the 17th...
When the Norse went on raids to other countries, they carried enough provisions for the trip and...
Reexamining Charlemagne through evidence from his own time, as a ruler of a recognizably European empire and...
In primary texts, figures are addressed by medieval authors using both male and female pronouns interchangeably and...
A handful of manuscripts remain which give researchers valuable insights into medieval science. Introduction Medieval doctors had...
Come early medieval medicine has become real medicine, not scribal ignorance. Abstract The medical writings of early...
A medieval person would have looked upon the owl and the birds and seen a Christian parable....
The plague, named the Black Death by later historians, had a devastating effect on the European population...