Middle Ages

Monastic Libraries

Medieval library history extends from the sixth century to the fifteenth century. One could say, as Irwin does, that it...

08/02/2019

Thousands of foreigners poured into England in the Middle Ages. Similar like today, they have been attracted to England by...

25/08/2016

The main stages in the development and expansion of the Serbian States were also stages in its relationship with the...

03/02/2016

Hideously unjust and psychotic in their devotion to duty, the Inquisitors went to any lengths to wring confessions from their...

01/02/2016

A large sum of money – £4,000 in gold, to be precise – is due to be transferred from London...

02/03/2015

The Hohenzollerns were German dynasty and princely family who rose to power in the late Middle Ages, becoming electors of...

05/08/2012

Leprosy, a debilitating and disfiguring affliction, has been feared and dreaded since biblical times. The bacterium that causes leprosy was...

27/07/2012

The Order of the Temple was a religious-military institution founded by a group of warriors in Jerusalem in the decades...

15/02/2012

James IV‘s love life was no secret to his people. Marion Boyd had borne him a son in 1493. Margaret...

11/12/2011

The Nemanjić (pronounced [nɛ̌maɲitɕ], Serbian: pl. Немањићи, Nemanjići) was the most important dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages, and one...

28/11/2011