Its dizzy heights may have passed, but the fad for adult coloring books is far from over....
Middle Ages
Kahina’s life is only known through later Arab historians writing on the Muslim conquest of Africa. Introduction...
Guilds dominated local politics and influenced national and international affairs. Introduction Guilds existed throughout Europe during the...
A discussion of Avicenna’s 11th-century points of view on rabies and compare them with modern medical knowledge....
Among the first three manuscripts written in Persian, Akhawayni’s Hidayat al-muta’allemin fi al-tibb was the most significant work compiled...
Machiavelli’s earlier book, Discourses on Livy, displayed strong support for free speech, a republican form of government, and compromise....
This 15th-century mystic turned her hand to brewing the bubbly, and she wasn’t very successful. By Karl...
The historic University of Paris first appeared in the second half of the twelfth century. Introduction The...
Monasteries were important centers of learning which educated the young and produced new technologies for agricultural and...
During the fifteenth century, and notably in Italy, the art of translating was profoundly changed by Humanists...
Lawyers spoke their own language, even in the Middle Ages. When John of Salisbury (ca. 1115-1180) decried...
The Kingdom of Hungary was at times a major power in Central Europe. Introduction The Kingdom of Hungary (short...
Hungary’s traits are rooted in this a history of fluid borders, as well as the strong migratory...
Roman honor and shame became Christian virtue and shame. The Christian reinterpretation of the classical Roman dichotomy...
The future of Yazidism is unclear, but it will certainly never be the same again. Abstract The...
A vivid picture of the emergence of the global market and the beginnings of global competition. Introduction...
Some wanted to explore and plunder, but others simply wanted to discover more fertile lands to farm...
Although the Vikings may have begun as little more than pirates in Britain, they would eventually arrive...
First digital map of the murders recorded by the city’s Coroner in early 1300s shows Cheapside and...
John Medewall, bearing a very English-sounding name, describes himself as a foreigner, and as such at a...
Monarchs and prime ministers have spent centuries working out which decisions need to be made in public....
Built in the seventh century BCE, the ancient city of Byzantium proved to be a valuable city...
Many diseases have affected the outcomes of battles or the political leanings of a country, but few...
There has been a true arms race, where every advance in body armor has required a more...
Siege tactics were a crucial part of medieval warfare. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Siege tactics were a...
Medieval commerce had little space for a specialized law, and merchants had little need for it. Abstract...
Strategies in translating the first national law-code of Norway, the Landslov from 1274, into English. Abstract This...
“She killed her sister, butchered her elder brothers, murdered the ruler, poisoned her mother,” the chronicles say....
His name was synonymous with terror among his enemies and the general populace of the territories that...
The region had been freed from lingering influences of the Byzantine empire and was left to develop...