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Slavery in the middle ages.

Online text of the History of Iraq; public domain document that you may copy, download, print and distribute as you see fit.

Online text of the History of Germany; public domain document that you may copy, download, print and distribute as you see fit. Page Ten: The Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther.

She was a beautiful, talented actress who caught the eye of the future emperor, and with intelligence and charm she won his heart. Justinian raised her to the rank of…

You probably know that an Abbess was the head of a convent of nuns, and that the word “Abbess” derives from “Abbot” (the leader of a monastery). But did you…

Coffins believed to date to the 14th or 15th century have been found in Preston, Lancashire, England. The coffins are fairly well-preserved, and archaeologists believe the remains of a church…

The delightful discovery of medieval wall paintings, hidden for centuries under whitewash, has been made in a church in in Vif, France. Believed to have been painted in the late…

Robert Fripp’s enjoyable and enlightening book, the fictional autobiography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, is now available in a print-on-demand edition. I like a book I can hold in my hand,…

A surprise hit based on a fictional account of an actual historic event has touched off a firestorm of indignation and recrimination, most of which seems predicated on misperceptions of…

The Venerable Bede was the first English historian. His work had a significant influence on English and European scholarship.