The biggest factor for the survival or disappearance of classical texts is actually likely to be their...
Middle Ages
As the Western Roman Empire collapsed, landholders gradually transitioned from outright slavery to serfdom. What Is Feudalism?...
The interests of labor or how the lower orders earned their living or conducted their affairs was...
The study of heresy requires an understanding of the development of orthodoxy and the role of creeds...
Examining early medieval approaches to various types of knowledge we might consider today to be ‘scientific’ and...
Roman and early medieval scientific texts were read and studied, contributing to the understanding of nature in...
There is a suggestion that the name is in fact a veiled pun on a Low German...
Safavid art and architecture reflected the adoption of a Shi’a identity. Introduction to the Safavid Dynasty: Rise...
Constantinople had withstood many sieges and attacks over the centuries. Introduction The city of Constantinople (modern Istanbul)...
The people of early modern Europe sought to use magic to manipulate the world around them. By...
The word “folklore” was coined in 1846 CE by the British writer William John Thoms to replace...
Characterizing the Middle Ages as a period of darkness is misleading. Introduction So much of what the...
Æthelstan was the first ruler of the whole kingdom of England. Æthelstan was the grandson of King...
Jousting fell out of fashion by the end of the Middle Ages, but there were occasional revivals...
By the time of Din’s work in 1650, the Ramayana had grown to twenty-four thousand verses that...
He was mythologized by followers, emulated by artists, celebrated by humanists, and patronized by a total of...
It was perhaps inevitable that the distinction between original and copy became blurred in the Renaissance art...
These expensive commodities were one of the major assets of a workshop. Introduction There were three principal painting...
They were places where ideas were experimented with and where new trends could be studied, discussed, and...
Ideas were transmitted across Europe as scholars published their own works, commentaries on ancient texts, and criticism...
Not every artist in Renaissance and Baroque Rome had access to ancient Greek and Roman statues. Early...
Texts and images produced throughout the medieval world reveal that harp music could elicit powerful responses. Infernal...
The culture of antiquity played an important role in the literary and artistic endeavors of the Middle...
The powers of saints were believed to extend to their images. By Dr. Wendy A. SteinResearch AssociateDepartment...
The Golden Legend often blends traditional stories about the saints with historical facts, as seen in the...
The text is a detailed account of a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Mount Sinai, originally written by...
Dante primarily intended to explain biblical justice through his contrapasso. By Joseph KameenArtist and Educator Contrapasso is...
Dante’s written works are a heady mix of philosophy, politics, and literature. Introduction Dante Alighieri (1265-1321 CE)...
The Greek physician Hippocrates (460–370 BCE) who developed it into a medical theory. Introduction The four temperament...
According to East Slavic chronicles, Oleg was supreme ruler of the Rus’ from 879 to 912. Introduction...