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    The Middle Ages covers an enormous period ranging from the Roman Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity in 313 C.E., through the early medieval period known as the Dark Ages, to Martin Luther’s launching of the Protestant Reformation in 1517.
    Battles and tournaments, feasts and festivals are all here, making up an exciting picture of the era we know as the Middle Ages.

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    The Glossators: The Revival of Roman Law in The High Middle Ages

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    The story of the rediscovery of Roman law by the Italian scholars of the High Middle Ages and their devotion to the Corpus Iuris...

    What are Medieval Manuscripts? And Where are they Found?

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    Strictly speaking, any hand-written document is a manuscript–the Latin manuscriptus literally means “written” (scriptus) “by hand” (manu). So charters and scrolls, fragments and books...

    The Council of Clermont

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    Pope Urban the Second set in motion the First Crusade with his incendiary call to arms at Clermont in 1095. The Council of Clermont,...

    A History of Medieval St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle

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    The tiny chapel of St Margaret is one of the most popular attractions at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. The tiny stone building stands high...

    Controversy Over National Trust Reenactment Policy

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    I was somewhat surprised when visiting the National Trust Derbyshire property, Calke Abbey, in August 2011 to be greeted in the entrance hall by...

    Aethelflaed Lady of the Mercians

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    Aethelflaed was a high-status Anglo-Saxon woman who lived at a time when few women held power or influence. She was a military leader and...

    Medieval Animal Trials

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    Medieval law tried bug swarms and entire classes of animals in serious church courts they failed to attend, before sentencing them to biblical...

    Etheldreda – A Medieval Woman, Founder of Ely Cathedral

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    The magnificent Ely Cathedral stands on the site of a monastery established in Saxon times by the popular Anglo-Saxon Saint Etheldreda (also known as...

    Belligerent French Nobility of the 11th Century

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    In order to survive in the harsh and violent French medieval society, many nobles who had the means and time took up knighthood professionally. Preliminary...

    Popular perceptions of the Magna Carta

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    It is seen as the symbol of rights for citizens and the beginning of democracy, so the Magna Carta is considered to be one...
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