Towns and cities grew, and with them new centers of learning emerged. Introduction Historians sometimes refer to...
Middle Ages
There was a strong emphasis on the bishop as administrator and judge. The Church of the post-Roman...
The common image aside, it is not feasible for Wallace to have possessed a longsword during his...
Christianity displayed a remarkable power to convert even peoples who had previously proved militarily stronger. Introduction Once...
Local power struggles about the nature of civic authority helped to define ideas of citizenship and of...
Exploring the perennial issues sex presents and how medieval societies dealt with them. While total abstinence for...
Everything changed in the Arab world in the sixth century CE. Introduction The history of Islam is...
Rising rigidity of sexual morality in the post-Reformation period stimulated forms of resistance from below. Introduction In...
The catastrophic effects of plague and its relentless recurrences changed life in every possible way. Introduction After...
In the second century, Origen wrote, “For those who are adorned with religion use physicians as servants...
The beautiful medieval world of flowers, their uses, and in some cases their symbolism. Introduction How and...
Medieval food was quite diverse, and depending on the location, your diet would have differed greatly. It...
By the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a new interest in psychology had developed, rooted in theological concerns....
Little is known about the practice of “improvement,” a technical term anchored in the economy of the...
Cannabis has been widely used for medical purposes from antiquity. By Dr. Farid U. AlakbarliLate Professor of...
The Barnacle Goose myth was propagated during the early Medieval period through Bestiaries. Introduction One version of...
Medieval philosophy produced arguments that were later fruitfully employed by modern skeptics. Perhaps you ignore that the...
Many outlaws, thieves, and malefactors of all kinds fled to the forest to seek refuge from justice....
Diving into the disparity between how women were viewed in Medieval society. Introduction Throughout the Medieval period,...
A series of inventions led to dramatic changes in medieval agricultural technology. In 600 CE, Europe had...
Trends came and went, as today, with things going in and out of vogue. Introduction As in...
Medieval artists possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of the creatures they imagined. Every culture and civilization throughout history,...
The women who witnessed her spectacular rise and dramatic fall are often reduced to footnotes in history....
The word “peasant” is derived from the 15th-century French word païsant, meaning one from the pays, or...
He is considered (alongside Augustine) to be the most significant forerunner of the modern self-reflective autobiographer. Introduction...
The stereotypes found in medieval romance still speak to a modern audience. Abstract This article begins by...
Medieval women were seen as a threatening force and described often in popular press as monstrous creatures....
Many believed that celestial bodies exert a strong influence on elements and bodies in the sub-lunar world....
Materials and techniques of the rare and intricate embroidered binding on a medieval almanac. I have been...
The guild existed to serve a singular purpose: to train Apprentices. By Kristine Wilson-SlackWriter I became fascinated...