Edinburgh Castle / Photo by Becks, Wikimedia Commons Examining a microcosm of the medieval world in the...
Middle Ages
The Gimli viking statue / Photo by Krazytea, Wikimedia Commons Medieval Iceland illustrates an actual and well-documented...
14th-century theological compendium / University of California Berkeley Special Collections Examining depictions of penance and confession in...
Tracing the sad medieval history of the siren and trying to understand where it all went wrong....
A knight fighting a dragon, 15th-century woodcut / Rauner Special Collections Library, Wikimedia Commons The emergence of...
Jan Van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434, tempera and oil on oak panel, 82.2 x 60 cm...
Artwork page for ‘The Cholmondeley Ladies’, Unknown artist, Britain, c.1600-10 / Tate Britain In the Middle Ages,...
South transept of Tournai Cathedral, Belgium, 12th century / Wikimedia Commons The Romanesque style appeared to be...
Carolingian gatehouse, Lorsch Abbey (Torhalle Kloster Lorsch) / Photo by Warrox, Wikimedia Commons The Carolingian Dynasty is...
Simon of Trent (1472 – March 21, 1475) was a Christian boy from the city of Trento,...
Cross of the Scriptures, Cathedral, Temple Doolin and South Cross / Photo by Ingo Mehling, Wikimedia Commons...
Initial Q: David Before Saul (detail) from a psalter, after 1205, Master of the Ingeborg Psalter. Tempera...
Egglestone Abbey, Barnard Castle in County Durham In medieval England, people in debt or who had broken...
The economic system of the Middle Ages was founded on feudalism, supporting the overlords with the work...
Conflicts between the medieval Christian church, led by the Pope, and nations, ruled by kings, occurred throughout...
1493 woodcut of Basle, from the Nuremberg Chronicle / Wikimedia Commons Population growth had exceeded the limits...
The Black Death was the largest demographic disaster in European history. By Dr. David Routt / 07.20.2008...
Scene from the Song Dynasty Illustrations of the Classic of Filial Piety, depicting a son kneeling before...
Svjatoslav Svjatoslav’s lands were divided by his sons, who fought a war of succession. By Dr. Sanderson...
Economic, legal, and social institutions emerged that were essential to the development of an extensive and complex...
Examining how the Church, a powerful force in the Middle Ages, was organized, why people went on...
Settlers brought relatives from the west, formed marriage alliances for themselves and their children in the east,...
Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons There is a common perception assumes that demonic possession, witchcraft, and superstition...
The Mongol Empire expanded through brutal raids and invasions, but also established routes of trade and technology...
From The Rurik Dynasty Exhibition / Visit St. Petersbug The Varangians ruled the medieval state of Kievan Rus...
Siamese ambassador Kosa Pan presents King Narai’s letter to Louis XIV’s court at Versailles, 1686 / Wikimedia...
The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Hieronymus Bosch, c.1500 / Prado National Museum, Wikimedia Commons These laws...
A man places a ring on a woman’s finger. c. 1370. (British Library) The marital debt referred to...
Heddal Stave Church (Creative Commons) These historic churches feature elaborate carvings that mix Christian and Viking symbols....
Luoyang longmen grottoes / Photo by Tgasrio, Wikimedia Commons Examining the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties....