The modern history of Western Europe is defined by opposition. Europe is presented as a beacon of civilisation facing down the barbarous masses that populated the rest of the world, and one of the ...

How did medieval Europe’s money system really work? While gold and silver coins were important, credit-based money systems ...

Art lovers and history buffs will bask in the beauty of Europe's 'City of Museums,' a medieval marvel full of culture ...

I went with my wife Carmen to the Ottawa Museum of History to see the exhibition on “Medieval Europe: power and splendour.” Stunningly beautiful, the Museum of History majestically overlooks the ...

Art and Nature in the Middle Ages On View December 4, 2016 à March 19, 2017 at the Dallas Museum of Art Aquamanile (water jug) in the shape of a unicorn Workshop of the Flammschweiflšwen, Nuremberg, ...

From lost silver coins to fossilised faeces, medieval cesspits have become some of the richest archives of everyday life in the Middle Ages ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed the skeleton of a woman they say was probably a skilled artist who helped produce the richly illustrated religious texts of medieval Europe. The woman lived sometime ...

When you think about the driving forces that contributed to progress in medieval Britain, you might think about the likes of ...

Analysis: There are numerous examples in texts of Irish people showing a sense of belonging to a community defined in relation to Europe The use of this term emphasises, and exaggerates, a contrast ...

Each May, some 3,000 people descend on Kalamazoo, Mich., for the International Congress on Medieval Studies, which brings together academics and enthusiasts for four days of scholarly panels, ...