The medieval – and modern – Catholic practice of consecrating women as virgins who has lost their...
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Edinburgh Castle / Photo by Becks, Wikimedia Commons The escheator was the local official responsible for upholding...
Allstedt Castle catching the early morning sun / Photo by Andreas Vogel, Wikimedia Commons The rules of common...
Bayeux Tapestry – Scene 23: Harold swearing oath on holy relics to William, Duke of Normandy. / Myrabella, Wikimedia Commons There...
Certain technological developments singlehandedly pushed the growth of population across the whole of the continent. By Dimitris Romeo Havlidis...
The Great Mosque of Divriği, photograph by Avniyazici The Paulicians were seeking an area out of the...
Various statues carved on the temple walls depicting the Indian Gods in various moods. / Photo by...
Image from an illuminated manuscript, the Madrid Skylitzes, showing Greek fire in use against the fleet of the rebel Thomas the...
Society has always been infatuated with dating and finding true love, especially during the Middle Ages. By Dr....
Use of a hand-siphon, a portable flame-thrower, from a siege tower equipped with a boarding bridge against...
Add MS 34654 / British Library The development of printing in the 15th century signaled huge changes...
A silver seal of Robert Fitzwalter showing a mounted knight. 1213-1219 CE. Diameter: 73 mm. (British Museum, London) /...
Santa Maria Novella (Leon Battista Alberti was responsible for the façade, completed in 1470) By Dr. Sally...
Fetteresso Old Inn (now a private house) / Photo by Russ Hamer, Wikimedia Commons Exploring the thousand-year...
Detail of the central embroidery work of a woman’s summer robe, c1875–1900. / Wikimedia Commons In China, as...
View of Toledo, Spain with the Samuel Halevi Abulafia synagogue at the center and the Monastery of...
An Elephant (detail) in Miscellany: Physiologus and other texts, about 1510–20, unknown illuminator, made in Crete, Greece. Pen and...
A Beaver (detail) in a bestiary, about 1270, unknown illuminator, possibly made in Thérouanne, France. Tempera colors, gold...
A Tiger (detail) in the Northumberland Bestiary, 1250–60, unknown illuminator, made in England. Pen and ink drawing with...
A Dragon Flying over a Panther (detail) in a bestiary, about 1270, possibly made in Thérouanne, France. Tempera...
Lions (detail) in the Northumberland Bestiary, about 1250–60, unknown illuminator, made in England. Pen-and-ink drawing tinted with with...
A Hedgehog (detail) in a bestiary, about 1270, unknown illuminator, possibly made in Thérouanne, France. Tempera colors, gold...
Two Fishermen on an Aspidochelone (detail) in a bestiary, about 1270, unknown illuminator, possibly made in Thérouanne, France....
A Hyena (detail) in the Northumberland Bestiary, about 1250–60, unknown illuminator, made in England. The J. Paul Getty...
A Siren and a Centaur (detail) in a bestiary, 1278–1300, unknown illuminator, Franco-Flemish. Tempera colors, pen and ink,...
A Pelican Feeding Her Young (detail) in a bestiary, 1278–1300, unknown illuminator, Franco-Flemish. Tempera colors, pen and ink,...
A Unicorn (detail) in the Northumberland Bestiary, about 1250–60, unknown illuminator, made in England. Pen-and-ink drawing tinted with...
A Winged Dragon (detail) in a bestiary, 1278–1300, unknown illuminator, Franco-Flemish. Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf,...
Birds on a Dead Fox (detail) in a bestiary, 1278–1300, unknown illuminator, Franco-Flemish. Tempera colors, pen and ink,...
Caladrius Birds (detail) in a bestiary, 1278–1300, unknown illuminator, Franco-Flemish. Tempera colors, pen and ink, gold leaf, and...