This period is typically divided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages, covering Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
The Black Dinner began with two young men on horseback riding to Edinburgh Castle in 1440. William Douglas, 6th…
The murder of Thomas Becket within Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170 sent shockwaves throughout medieval Europe. An archbishop…
Jousting deaths could change dynasties, extinguish noble bloodlines, and shift the balance of power throughout medieval Europe. But medieval…
Movies are full of them. Meme pages thrive on them. Myths about medieval life contain a lot of misinformation,…
Reconquista is the name often given to the long struggle that reshaped Spain and Portugal over roughly eight centuries….
In 711, a small landing initiated the Umayyad Conquest, a process that would change the Iberian Peninsula for centuries. If…
In the 1320s, Mansa Musa made his way to Cairo, leading a caravan so laden with gold that centuries…
The Almoravids started as a desert reform movement. They ended up presiding over an empire extending from the Maghreb,…
On Friday, October 13, 1307, a few minutes before dawn, officials of the King of France began arresting Knights…
The Black Death arrived in Europe in 1347 and traveled rapidly through trade routes across the continent by 1351….
