In a world that resembles medieval Europe, humanity is trapped behind a series of walls. This is because anyone who leaves runs the risk of being gobbled up by man-eating Titans.The Survey Corpsseem to be humanity's only hope - but there's a lot more to the Titans than ...
not only the counties of Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Kildare, and parts of Wicklow, Laois, and Offaly, but the kings of Leinster are often the overlords of the flourishing Hiberno-Norse ports of Wexford and Dublin, both of which have considerable trading links with England and wider Europe....
It shows you how to make a trebuchet. This was a popular siege engine because it was easy to buildn and this is exactly why you might want to give it a try - it is easy to build but boy it can hurl projectiles! The Little Dragon Trebuchet ...
Goods like salt, ivory, gold, beads, and metal goods–as well as enslaved people–crossed hostile conditions to travel from as far south as Ghana and Mali to northern Africa and the Middle East, and from there into Europe. Join Em and Jesse as they discuss these lesser-known but ...
In fact, records exist of the very same arguments dating as far back as medieval Egypt and Europe. Marijuana has attracted various names throughout history, including the Shrub of Emotion, Shrub of Understanding, Peace of Mind, Branches of Bliss and even the Thought Morsel. However, in the ...
Over the centuries vast numbers of people from all over Europe made pilgrimage here. Devotion to the saint was enhanced by his shrine’s location on the Via Vézelay – a well trodden pilgrimage route- to the St James in Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Pilgrim badge from the shrine of ...
“Aryans” came from Scandinavia, “which would make the Northmen the progenitors of the Greeks, the Romans, and with the exception of one or two races, of all the nations of modern Europe; which, if further researches should establish to be fact, would make them the greatest race in ...
Born inFlorenceto American parents, he was trained inParisbefore moving to London, living most of his life in Europe. He enjoyed international acclaim as a portrait painter. An early submission to theParis Salonin the 1880s, hisPortrait of Madame X,was intended to consolidate his position as...
How to Say the Names Lohengrin ~ LO‑hen‑grin Brabant ~ bra‑BONT Friesland ~ FREEZ‑lund Parsifal ~ PAR‑sif‑ul |Hear the Names The lights dim, and a weighty silence falls upon the audience. From all over Europe and America, these fifteen hundred men and women have come to...
The church was another central feature of the medieval manor. The religion of the whole of Europe was Roman Catholic and it was law that people went to church on a Sunday. The leading churchmen of the land, Bishops and Archbishops were very wealthy and helped to govern the country. The ...