Feudalism dominated medieval Europe for centuries - but by the end of the Middle Ages, it had begun to unravel. In this ...

Installation view of The Fantasy of the Middle Ages at the Getty Center. Pictured: “Dragon in Bestiary” (c. 1270), “Sinbad the Sailor” In One Thousand and One Nights (Egypt, 1700s), and ...

Less than a tenth of medieval literature and manuscripts from the European Middle Ages have survived to the present day, Oxford University researchers have concluded in a new study. The study ...

Yet, the European Middle Ages — a period spanning more than 1,000 years — was much richer (and weirder) than even some of the best fiction or political spin. Comments. Newsletter Daily.

T he European Middle Ages seem to be having a moment. Although it’s true that, essentially since the time they ended, the period has been used to justify the shape of an author’s contemporary ...

Art of Europe’s “Age of Faith”: Romanesque, Gothic, Byzantine, Moorish, and even Viking. After Rome fell, Europe spent a thousand years in its Middle Ages. Its art shows how the light of ...

In fact, throughout the period known as the European Middle Ages, there were no borders at all. Vintage map showing Europe in the 9th Century at the end of the Carolingian Empire (Getty Images).

That we picture medieval building as spare and unadorned, often as just grey limestone, has much more to do with post-medieval (usually modern) conceptions of what the European Middle Ages should ...

In this episode, we travel back to Europe's Early Middle Ages, its turmoil, its triumphs, and the fine art of more advanced civilizations on Europe's fringes. Thanks for joining us.