Medieval

Æthelred of Mercia - The forgotten man who help...

Æthelred of Mercia remains an obscure figure Æthelred of Mercia remains an obscure figure who suffers from being overshadowed by the more impressive figures of the Anglo-Saxon period: his father-in-law,...

Golden Splendor: Power and Art in Byzantine Rav...

Justinian and Theodora Today, the city of Ravenna is one of the many small towns dotting the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. It is nestled about 79 kms or 49 miles...

The Sacking of Nottingham 1140 by Ryan Denton

The Anarchy The Anarchy was a civil war that was fought between 1135 and 1153, which resulted in the widespread breakdown of law and order across the kingdom. The conflict...

A Medieval Mess: Abbot Suger and French Feudali...

The King as an Administrator The narrative of the twelfth century is one defined by kingship, religion, and violence. The crusades in the East, combined with a crisis of violence...

Marriage by Consent in the Late Middle Ages by ...

The year is 1434 in the city of Bruges. The year is 1434 in the city of Bruges. The visiting merchant Giovanni di Arrigo Arnolfini from Lucca, Italy, holds the...

Touched by a Saint: Adorned body-part reliquary...

The Wavering Papal Authority in Rome The 12th century phenomenon of re-enshrining body-parts of saints is one tied up with political instability in Europe and mass movement across the continent....