The Power of Medieval States – A Report from 1423
What was the wealth and military power of states in the Middle Ages? It is a question that the Venetian government tried to figure ou
Where the Middle Ages Begin
What was the wealth and military power of states in the Middle Ages? It is a question that the Venetian government tried to figure ou
This month, the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden) is going back in time over a thousand years with the exhibition ‘The Year 1000’. Over 400 items from the Netherlands and beyond will be on display.
A project mapping medieval England’s known murder cases has now added Oxford and York to its street plan of London’s 14th-century homicides, and found that Oxford’s student population was by far the most lethally violent of all social or professional groups in any of the three cities.
Two males have been arrested after the Sycamore Gap Tree was cut down earlier this week. The famous tree located on Hadrian’s Wall in northern England was viewed as an iconic landmark.