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You would think that there would be just a few occupations during the Middle Ages. There would be the lord of the manor, the knights, the lord’s household and the peasants. But this is just a broad ...
A lot has been written about the medieval period and a lot of it generally portrays the people as being unsophisticated, cruel, and ignorant. Superstition was a dominating force that filled peoples ...
The European Union has rarely played more than an auxiliary role in helping resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in ...
Anders Kurtén became the CEO of Fraser Yachts in 2023. Every morning, he drives from his home in Nice to Monaco for a workday ...
Recently, a 12th-century French church’s restoration left history lovers like me in complete awe after 6th-century relics were unearthed beneath it. Archaeologists had a field day as a forgotten ...
A team of restoration workers in Dijon, France, pulled up a section of stone flooring inside the Church of Saint Philibert ...
The Arts in the Middle Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance.. By Paul Lacroix, Curator of the Imperial Library of the Arsenal, Paris. (London: Chapman and Hall, 1870.) ...
Overview: The Middle Ages, 1154 - 1485. ... His attitude to France, Ireland, Wales and Scotland would define England's relations with its neighbours for centuries. By Dr Mike Ibeji.
Notre Dame stands as a symbol of the real and imagined Middle Ages, as a civic space that goes far beyond its religious role, given its immeasurable beauty, its resounding presence on the banks of the ...
Where to travel in the south of France, according to a local, ... Saint-Cirq-Lapopie served as an important defensive outpost in the Middle Ages; today, the cobbled streets, ...
ullstein bild via Getty Images. This gorgeous medieval castle endured wars with little damage—in fact, it's looked pretty much the same since the late Middle Ages. Back when the national ...