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 ...

This walled medieval village is full of half-timbered and charming stone buildings, with winding streets and cobblestoned ...

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 ...

Although it was a war between England and France, it was mostly waged on French soil. One major way that the war affected the people of France was through the greater frequency of violence that they ...

At 180 "colleges", the middle schools French children attend between the ages of 11 and 15, a scheme is being trialled to ban the use of mobile phones during the entire school day.