The system of feudalism depended on what type of ruler? What does vassalage have to do with feudalism? What was a feudal manor? Who were the nobility during the Middle Ages? What was considered the chief virtue in a feudal society?
Who were the nobility during the Middle Ages? Who lived in medieval castles? What did a medieval fief include? Who owned castles in the middle ages? Who owned manors in the Middle Ages? Who were the Saracens in medieval times? What was a medieval manor house? Who were the Frankish kings...
When you picture a royal monarch seated on the throne, you probably don't picture an infant child. These 8 babies were kings and queens soon after being born, ...
Medieval Trade: The Medieval Age (circa 5th to 15th century CE) is sometimes referred to as the Middle Ages. During this time trade went hand-in-hand with exploration, as merchants sought out new markets for their goods, while at the same time importing exotic and desired items from other...
The Mayans were an advanced civilization that thrived in Mexico and Central America for thousands of years. They had cities for priests and nobility while farmers lived in villages. They wore brightly colored clothes with ornate jewelry.. They figured out the calendar, orbit of Venus, had a wr...
Swords and lances weren’t the only weapons of choice during bloody battles of the Middle Ages. Read more Chivalry Was Established to Keep Thuggish, Medieval Knights in Check Knights in the Middle Ages were heavily-armed and prone to violence. ...
Benjamin Franklin had a terrible case of gout, but he wasn't the only American colonial to suffer from the affliction during the 18th century. William Pitt, for example, also struggled with the disease. Franklin and Pitt were said to have discussed gout, but it's Franklin's conversation wit...
Schooling traces back to ancient civilizations. During ancient Greek, Roman, and Indian, and even Chinese periods, scribes imparted knowledge to the young nobility or the privileged class. Imagine rich emperors telling a scribe towrite my essay for meinstead of doing it themselves. ...
encounters among the nobility, large-scale jousts and tournaments, in which gallant knights on horseback, displaying their brightly coloured banners, fought each other for possession of the realm—a fight, as it were, between the lion and the unicorn in which the people at large were merely ...
That was all during the last stage of our heading intoSaint-Jean-du-Gard– a glimpse of which you can see in the photo below – and yes, I guess I was in a bit of a hurry, but we finally got into town. There we stopped for a break and a libation at a sidewalk cafe – and ...