Why Did Medieval People Love Sheep So Much? | Tudor Monastery Farm |
Medieval History The Tudor industry of wool production was known as `the jewel in the realm’ of the English economy,[…]
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Category: Medieval History
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or medieval period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.
The Gruelling 3,400 Mile Journey Of The Medieval Pilgrims | Pilgrimage
Medieval History Simon Reeve began his journey in Canterbury and has finally reached Istanbul. Here was once a busy medieval[…]
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Why Was Normal Life On A Medieval Farm So Gruelling? | Tudor Monastery Farm | Chronicle
Medieval History A team of historians turns the clock back to the year 1500 to take on the role of[…]
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What Foods Did Mesoamericans Eat In The Middle Ages? | 1491 |
Medieval History Maize from Mesoamerica, Potatoes from the Andes, biodiversity of the Amazon, Camus from the Plains, seal hunting of[…]
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1492: The Catastrophic Cruelty And Greed Of The European Colonists | Before Columbus
Medieval History With the discovery of the new world in 1492 a war began against the indigenous Americans. Against their[…]
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Henry VI: What Was The King’s Great Mysterious Illness
Medieval History It was August1453. King Henry VI of England left his pregnant wife Margaret of Anjou at home and[…]
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Hugh Despenser the Younger: The Most Hated Briton of the Fourteenth Century
Medieval History “…as a thief therefore you shall be hanged; as a traitor…you shall be drawn and quartered, and your[…]
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The Unexplained Medieval Mystery of the Splitting Moon…
Medieval History What exactly was it that the monks saw that night in the sky in 1178? Could it have[…]
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Hanged, Drawn & Quartered: The Most Inhuman Medieval Punishment Ever Invented
Medieval History This has to be one of the most inhuman forms of punishment ever invented and was the most[…]
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Blinding, De-Nailing & Branding: Gruesome Medieval Punishments for Low-Level Criminals.
Medieval History During the Middle Ages, it was felt that the people needed to be afraid of the Civil authority[…]
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