Evora’s history dates back over five millennia. By Kim MartinsHistorian Introduction The sunbaked plain of the Alentejoregion...
Middle Ages
Besides terrible plagues and epidemics that seemed to spring out of nowhere with alarming regularity, there were...
The Empire, for much of its history, can be seen as the Christian equivalent of the Muslim...
The first time that Francia is named is in the Panegyrici Latini in the early third century....
Human remains, the “Palestine Man”, found south of Lake Tiberias in the Zuttiyeh Cave, date back as...
The history of logic from the ancient world to modern times, tracing its role in philosophy, science,...
What the history of the First Folio tells us about our greatest playwright. Hidden away in a...
The story of the Loch Ness Monster originates in the 7th-century CE work of a monk named...
Alfred’s impressive military and administrative skills stabilized Britain after almost a century of Viking raids and warfare....
Introduction Even medievalists have a hard time determining the precise moment when the Middle Ages started and...
The Catholic Church didn’t finally officially recognize their own error until John Paul II in 1992. Introduction...
His work marked the starting point of modern astronomy and cosmology. Introduction Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473...
The city became an important center for trade along the Silk Road. Introduction Ctesiphon was an ancient...
The most powerful of the tribes of the Sahara, they had been converted to Islam in the...
The Wars of the Roses (1455-1487 CE) was a series of dynastic conflicts between the monarchy and...
Ukraine has been occupied since the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) and the Sredny Stog culture from 4500 BCE....
In the Middle Ages, Constantinople was the richest European city and was known as the “Queen of...
The term is misleading since it implies a notion of a self-identifying unity that did not exist....
The period was characterized by a fluidity of design accented by a sense of drama. Introduction The...
Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine was used for several centuries in medieval Europe and the Arab world as...
His aggressive manner of teaching and his outspoken criticism of traditional medical theory made him unwelcome in...
Introduction The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having the only known fully developed written...
The exams were in place for over a thousand years and are the principal reason why education...
The Tapestry is valued both as a work of art and as a source concerning the history...
Though altarpieces were not necessary for the Mass, they became a standard feature of altars throughout Europe....
Through the twelfth century, Salernitan masters showed a growing interest in theoretical foundations. Medical practice and learning...
At the emerging universities, from around 1250, this fundamental “Ars medicine” or “Articella” was at the heart...
In 1330 only about 5% of the population could read or write. It was extremely rare for...
Examining the experiences of exiles, returnees, and migrants and challenges faced by them. Abstract This article contributes...
Examining popular medical texts and their circulation before 1200. Introduction How did early medieval people treat illnesses...