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In the past week or so there have been an unusual number of news items of interest to medieval history buffs. Here is a quick rundown of some of these…

According to the UNIAN News Agency, the Church of St. Cyril of Alexandria, in Kyiv, was removed from the highly protected list of the Cathedral of St. Sofiia Cultural Preserve…

Some women just rock. Take Galla Placida, a woman from a powerful family who wielded power in her own right. Regent, empress, and master manipulator, Galla Placida was one of…

It wasn’t enough for Leon Battista Alberti to work in the church. He painted, designed buildings, wrote philosophical treatises, studied astronomy, and invented the “cypher wheel.” He was also capable…

Rhode Island high-school senior Patrick Agin, 17, an SCA member who is learning to make his own mail, submitted a snapshot of himself in armor, holding a sword, for his…

Historical and antique maps of the world as it was perceived in the Middle Ages.

Pope Alexander VI - Rodrigo Borgia - is the most famously corrupt pope in history.

Maps of political boundaries as they stood in the fifteenth century.

Byzantine Princess Anna Comnena is considered the world’s first female historian.

Using a plaster model of his skull and 3D computer technology, Italian scientists have given medieval poet Dante Alighieri a virtual makeover. Once interpreted by artists as stern, even forbidding,…

You’ve probably heard of the Globe, but have you ever heard of Blackfriars Theatre? This private theater, built by Richard Burbage in the late 16th century, was the winter home…

In her blog on stirrups, About Ancient History Guide N. S. Gill brings up an important question: Were stirrups an ancient invention? If they were, there is scant evidence of…

The Vikings — who were a force to be reckoned with in the Middle Ages — are in the news once again. Archaeologists have unearthed well-preserved graves dating to…

The Dark Age Quiz Question 1 The term “Dark Ages,” while still in use to some degree, has fallen out

Basic information and useful websites about Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci.