Examining the view that the Orthodox Church stifled the development of East Slavic intellectual thought. By Dr....
Middle Ages
Ordeal of boiling water from a Sachsenspiegel manuscript (1350 – 1375). Photo courtesy the Herzog August Bibliothek,...
In the Medieval ages there was an incredible amount of criminals, mostly because of impunity which gave...
Pskov Veche, by Apollinary Vasnetsov, 1908 / Tretryakov Gallery, Wikimedia Commons Kievan Rus′ was the early, mostly...
The issue of the Middle Age habitat of the Slavs in Central and Eastern Europe has been...
When examining the historical development of society, perhaps the most determining factor is education. By Abigail E....
Feudalism can be found in a range of societies across different time periods. By Dr. Vladimir ShlapentokhProfessor...
A 15th century CE painting by Jean Fouquet depicting the Second Crusaders (1147-49 CE), led by Louis...
Pope Urban’s motives in preaching the First Crusade are unclear. By Sarah Hough Dickinson College Pope Urban’s...
The University of Glasgow / Photo by Mike Peel, Wikimedia Commons Charlemagne realized that his empire needed...
Mandeville’s Travels was, for more than two centuries after its appearance in c.1356, of enormous influence and...
The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople, by Eugene Delacroix, 1840 / Louvre Museum, Wikimedia Commons The...
Desecrated Christian icons in Turkey / Photo by Georges Jansoone JoJan, Göreme Valley Open Air Museum, Cappadocia,...
Edinburgh Castle / Photo by Becks, Wikimedia Commons Examining a microcosm of the medieval world in the...
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...