Medieval – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:31:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Medieval – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Skal!: Ten Facts about Medieval Norse Mythology https://brewminate.com/skal-ten-facts-about-medieval-norse-mythology/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:31:35 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168470 The Norse belief system was as integral a part of the people’s lives as that of any other

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Medicine in the Middle Ages https://brewminate.com/medicine-in-the-middle-ages-2/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:02:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=134340 In the second century, Origen wrote, “For those who are adorned with religion use physicians as servants of

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Celts and Romans: The Transformation from Natural to Civil Religion https://brewminate.com/celts-and-romans-the-transformation-from-natural-to-civil-religion/ Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:01:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=143184 Celtic religion in Gaul changed from natural religion at the period of conquest by Caesar to civic religion

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The Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther and Medieval Indulgences https://brewminate.com/the-protestant-reformation-martin-luther-and-medieval-indulgences/ Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:00:23 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168165 Luther objected to this practice in sermons prior to 1517. Introduction The medieval indulgence was a writ offered

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Modeling the Cosmos: Ancient Greece to Carl Sagan https://brewminate.com/modeling-the-cosmos-ancient-greece-to-carl-sagan/ Wed, 11 May 2022 14:08:29 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=144059 In the 5th century B.C., Empedocles and Anaxagoras offered arguments for the spherical nature of the Earth. Ancient

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The Medieval Medical Response to the ‘Black Death’ https://brewminate.com/the-medieval-medical-response-to-the-black-death/ Tue, 05 Apr 2022 14:08:53 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=143180 The Black Death served to promote medical innovations that laid the foundations of modern medicine. By Joseph A.

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Cross-Cultural Artistic Interaction in the Early Byzantine Period https://brewminate.com/cross-cultural-artistic-interaction-in-the-early-byzantine-period/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:34:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168011 The Roman-Byzantine Empire participated in extensive trade and diplomatic contacts with a wide range of societies. The mosaic

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Cross-Cultural Artistic Interaction in the Middle Byzantine Period https://brewminate.com/cross-cultural-artistic-interaction-in-the-middle-byzantine-period/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:33:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168026 The Byzantines found themselves in contact with an ever-expanding range of cultural groups. The treasury of the cathedral

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Wealth and Power in Medieval Iceland https://brewminate.com/wealth-and-power-in-medieval-iceland/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:06:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168118 One viable solution to increase one’s wealth was to simply steal someone else’s property. Introduction Early medieval Iceland,

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Chivalric Love: An Ivory Casket with Scenes from Medieval Romances https://brewminate.com/chivalric-love-an-ivory-casket-with-scenes-from-medieval-romances/ Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:08:26 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168077 Medieval images of Christian devotion could be found alongside images of mortal life, such as romantic love. Introduction

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