A verger’s dream; Saints Cosmas and Damian, 1495 / Wellcome Library Revealing the realities of the Middle...
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How a widow battled back against the Vikings and became one of the most powerful figures in Britain. By (left-to-right)...
By Dr. Sabeen AhmedPhD Candidate, Department of PhilosophyVanderbilt University Poi ch’innalzai un poco piu’le ciglia,vidi ‘l maestro...
Examining the inter-relationship of religion and culture in the time period of medieval Spain known as the...
Periodic outbursts of hostility incited numerous massacres of the Jews in the Middle Ages. Setting the Scene...
The first law differentiating the rights within nobility was enacted by the national assembly, the diet of...
Socrates said that law was a discovery of the reality in relations – that is, of the...
Attributed to Albrecht Dürer, woodcut illustration for Chapter 85, “Not Providing for Death” At the start of...
Convent of São Gonçalo, North of Portugal / Photo by Edgar Jiménez, Wikimedia Commons The different stages in the spread...
Illustration of the Battle of Aljubarrota by Jean de Wavrin, 15th century / British Library, Wikimedia Commons Established in...
The term “feudal system” came into use to describe a hierarchy of relationships which were embraced in...
Costumes of slaves or serfs, from the sixth to the twelfth centuries, collected by H. de Vielcastel...
Exploring the role of Magna Carta in the politics and popular culture of modern America. From The Simpsons...
The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment...
Charlemagne, portrait by Albrecht Dürer / Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Wikimedia Commons His was the first truly imperial power in...
Front of a Frankish casket / Photo by John w. Schulze, Wikimedia Commons Their expansion continued until...
Castillo de Zafra / Photo by Borjaanimal, Wikimedia Commons Medieval men and women were caught up in...
Bible, about 1280–90, Bologna, Italy. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig I 11, fol. 248v; National...
Blanche of Castile and Louis IX of France / Creative Commons Ultimately the Crusaders were forced to...
A 14th century CE illustration of Louis IX of France (r. 1226-1270 CE) departing Aigues Mortes for Egypt on...
Examining the available evidence for the use of horses and armor for them in medieval Islam warfare, with...
In 14th-century London, Church leaders discovered how to make a tidy income from sex workers. By Dr....
Fresco in the Pellegrinaioof the hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Domenico, di Bartolo / Wellcome Collection,...
This medieval manuscript lies at the center of a group of books of hours produced by artists of...
Ancient remains at Thula / Creative Commons Following conquest by the Umayyid caliphate, Islam rose fairly quickly. Curated/Reviewed...
Taming of the Shrew, 1809, by Washington Allston / Philadelphia Museum of Art, Public Domain In Shakespeare’s...
Dues Vault, Hospitaller fortress in Acre, Israel / Creative Commons Taking a tour through five well-known 13th-century...
The Siege of Calais (1346) / Wikimedia Commons The 13th century was not only a period of...
New facial reconstruction of a man buried in a medieval hospital graveyard discovered underneath a Cambridge college...
An Arab city of the early medieval period. Urban centers in the Middle East were of a...