The Church had a close relationship with the English state throughout the Middle Ages. Introduction Medieval Religion...
Middle Ages
Rome’s influence lives on in many ways today – in art, architecture and engineering, language and writing,...
Looking for history in the latest version of King Arthur. Introduction For those of you watching Cursed,...
In medieval England using magic was a bit like drug use today: against the law and seen...
The plague remained endemic for 300 years, returning every so often to cull the population. Introduction In...
Medieval people firmly believed in God and occult powers. By Véronique SoreauPhD Student in English and Anglo-Saxon...
Tribal militia formed the basis of the army in Kievan Rus’ before the Mongol invasion. Introduction The...
From Kievan Rus to the adoption of Christianity and Ivan the Great after the Mongol invasion. Introduction...
During this period, China’s huge cities dwarfed the cities of medieval Europe. Introduction The Song period was...
Exploring how the Chinese both welcomed and rejected foreign contacts. Introduction At times, the Chinese welcomed foreign...
The title “doge” was the title of the senior-most elected official of Venice and Genoa. Introduction The...
Exploring voting rules and electoral procedures used in the Middle Ages in both ecclesiastical and secular contexts....
Examining objects and material culture in ritual performances intended to heal, protect and transform the living and...
Throughout the history of the book, scribes and artists have incorporated nature into their creations. Flowers are...
Some bestiary descriptions explained a creature’s Christian significance while others focused on physical characteristics. Introduction The bestiary...
Medicine had become highly professionalized by the late Middle Ages and was patriarchal, but women like Trotula...
The allure of novel goods was so strong that it triggered 1,000 years of trade and interactions...
The family one was born into in Byzantium greatly determined one’s social status and profession in adult...
Van Helmont was an heir of Paracelsus’s thought and movement who went to lengths in later years...
With the plague decimating the ranks of laborers, surviving workers rebelled against the crown’s higher taxes and...
Medieval medical communities and religious institutions were intermingled. Originally published by Digital Commons at Western Oregon University,...
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...