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 ...

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.

The Middle Ages. Episode 103 | 58m 39s Video has Closed Captions | CC. After Rome fell, Europe spent a thousand years in its Middle Ages. Its art shows how the light of civilization flickered in ...

For much of the European Middle Ages, learning was centered in religious institutions. These tended during the period to be cathedrals - often in growing cities, ...

By Adrian Wooldridge, Bloomberg Opinion In one of the most memorable scenes in “Pulp Fiction,” a film replete with memorable ...

European bison, also known as wisent, died out in the wild in Western Europe in the Middle Ages. The animals currently in the trial herd consist of a four-year-old bull, ...

What life in medieval Europe was really like. Did people bathe? ... Despite the era’s dark reputation, though, everything from scholarship to art and technology thrived during the Middle Ages.

The Middle Ages Were Cleaner Than We Think An era that valued spiritual and physical purity knew the importance of bathhouses, soap and even deodorant An illustration of a couple taking baths in ...

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 ...