Medieval medical communities and religious institutions were intermingled. Originally published by Digital Commons at Western Oregon University,...
Middle Ages
In medieval England, churches had a moral duty – and even a legal obligation – to protect...
Empires in the Indian subcontinent shared intertwined histories with principalities to the west such as the Greeks...
The work covers the entire history of ancient Persia from the creation of the world to the...
When one is “brewminating” over the middle ages, anywhere between the collapse of the Roman empire to...
The growing sense of nationalism in England was one of the underlying causes of the Wyatt Rebellion....
In Britain rabies was certainly known in 1000 CE and probably much earlier. Introduction On the 17th...
Reexamining Charlemagne through evidence from his own time, as a ruler of a recognizably European empire 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...
The Northern Wei was the most enduring and powerful of the northern Chinese dynasties before reunification. Imperial...
The Varyags are first mentioned by the Primary Chronicle as having exacted tribute from the Slavic and...
Three types of historical writing flourished in the Middle Ages: chronicles, hagiography, and the rhetorical monograph. By...
Besides terrible plagues and epidemics that seemed to spring out of nowhere with alarming regularity, there were...
The Empire, for much of its history, can be seen as the Christian equivalent of the Muslim...
The Wars of the Roses (1455-1487 CE) was a series of dynastic conflicts between the monarchy and...
The Tapestry is valued both as a work of art and as a source concerning the history...
This Western-style organizational form gradually spread from the medieval Latin west across the globe. Introduction A medieval...
The consequences of the revolt were limited. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Peasants’ Revolt, also known as...
Created between 1377 and 1382, it is the oldest surviving French tapestry. Introduction The Apocalypse Tapestry is...
The development of extensive trade routes allowed Russia to grow in size and power. The Viking Influence...
It was justified by reference to historical myths that nobles and servile peasants were separated by courage...
How knowledge, belief, sex, and power were viewed in the medieval world. Knowledge The way medieval eyes...
A rough genealogy of the way in which the central narrative of Buddhism ended up in a...
The economic decline was marked by a severe drop in population. By Dr. Murray N. RothbardHistorian and...
Medieval church courts in York shows that the same January divorce pattern prevailed as far back as...
Each season in medieval europe had its own special Christian celebration, often based on older pagan traditions....
The cat lost its regal position through the efforts of the medieval Church which encouraged the association...