Seven stolen and looted objects of Italian cultural heritage will soon be on their way back to Italy, following a ceremony Thursday in which U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano officially returned the antiquities to It…
They say life begins at sixty. OK, nobody really says that, but for a certain fellow named Artemis, his reign as Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire began at sixty. So did his marriage to his predecessor’s widow. Find out more about Emperor Anastasius …
No, it’s not Christmas, and this guy’s not Santa Claus. He’s Pope Saint Nicholas I, one of the few popes to be called “Great.” Find out why in his Who’s Who Profile.
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The Interreg-project “Bones4Cultures” has just been started. Its aim is to analyze population, life, health and culture of the people that lived in the German-Danish border land during the Middle Ages (AD 1050 – 1536). Researchers from Denmark an…
In the week of April 23rd in the Middle Ages, King Louis IX of France was born, Richard de Bury died, and Henry VIII was proclaimed King of England.
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In the week of April 23rd in the Middle Ages, King Louis IX of France was born, Richard de Bury died, and Henry VIII was proclaimed King of England.
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If not for the support of a clever mother and his association with talented friends, Harun al-Rashid might never have risen to become caliph. But that’s exactly what he did, and he established a splendid court at Baghdad that would inspire some of the…
The empire Charlemagne built would not long outlast him; the Frankish tradition of gavelkind would lead to dividing the territories equally (more or less) among his heirs. But for a little while after his death, the empire remained intact, for only one…
The empire Charlemagne built would not long outlast him; the Frankish tradition of gavelkind would lead to dividing the territories equally (more or less) among his heirs. But for a little while after his death, the empire remained intact, for only one…
