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Facts About The Middle Ages In Europe And Around The World One of the most fascinating periods in history, the medieval era spanned the 5th century to about around the 15th, starting with the fall of the Roman Empire and merging into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. It was ...
When people think of medieval history, they usually think of fairy tale royalty or knights going into battle. In medieval Europe, battles were frequent because groups of people wanted to invade and take over lands of other groups. So how did kings and queens protect themselves from these invasi...
also named Simon, took part in the Fourth Crusade and led the Albigensian Crusade in France against the Cathars. Simon Senior died at the Siege of Toulouse in 1218, and his third son Guy was killed in 1220. Simon Senior is often considered one of the greatest generals in medieval Europe....
The Catholic Church was very powerful in the majority of Medieval Europe and the only real rival to the power of the king. The representatives of the church were the bishops, who each managed an area called a diocese. As well as having political power, the church also received a ten perce...
The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby: The Cult of Vincent Ferrer in Medieval and Early Modern Europe by Laura Ackerman Smoller (review) Louis. The papacy and the Catalan count-kings had their own reasons for advancing Ferrer's sainthood and their own stories to tell about why his saintliness...
retrieved, in addition to a vast wealth of gold bullion and hidden treasures, the true Ark of the Covenant. While the existence and exact location of this Ark are not currently known, the Templars soon became one of the most powerful religious and political institutions in medieval Europe....
Castle is so often called "the castle of the fairy-tale king." In a letter to his friend, German composer Richard Wagner, Ludwig II said his intentions with Neuschwanstein Castle were to "rebuild old castle ruin of Hohenschwangau…in the authentic style of the old German knights' castles."...
Updated September 9, 2022 |Infoplease Staff Lithuania Profile History Map of Lithuania Facts & Figures President:Dalia Grybauskaite (2009) Prime Minister:Algirdas Butkevicius (2012) Total area:25,174 sq mi (65,200 sq km) Population (2014 est.):3,505,738 (growth rate: –0.29%); birth ra...
The Vikings were the most famous pirates in medieval Europe. The Vikings were from Scandinavia and were active from the 8th to 12th centuries. They ransacked ships on the coasts of Western Europe, North Africa, and the Baltic Sea. When English pirate William Maurice was hanged and his body ...