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Hastings Castle - Hastings, East Sussex, England Created: Friday, May 25, 2012 Updated: Friday, May 25, 2012
Hastings Castle was one of the first castles built in England after the Norman Conquest. This photochrom print, published between 1890 and 1900, depicts a gorgeous view of the ruins.
Pope Saint Nicholas I - Pope Nicholas the Great Created: Friday, March 30, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Pope Nicholas I was one of the most important early medieval popes. Envisioning the papacy as the epitome of the Catholic Church, Pope Nicholas the Great paved the way for the reform popes of the 1...
Merchet - A Definition from Your Guide Created: Monday, April 30, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012
A definition of the term in our Medieval History Glossary.
The Holy Roman Empire - Definition from Your Guide Created: Monday, April 30, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012
The Holy Roman Empire played an important role in medieval Christendom.
Doge - From the Latin Dux Created: Monday, April 30, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012
A definition of the term doge, from your Guide.
Castel Sant'Angelo - Rome, Italy Created: Monday, April 30, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012
The castle of Sant'Angelo in Rome, Italy, was built in the second century C.E. and would play an interesting role in the Middle Ages.
The Roots of Medieval Civilization - Rome - the Early Empire Created: Friday, April 27, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
The early Roman Empire, or Principate, would evoke great admiration in medieval scholars. This feature outlines the aspects of early imperial Roman society that medieval leaders would seek to emula...
Table of Byzantine Emperors through the Middle Ages Created: Saturday, March 31, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, April 04, 2012
A dynastic table of those who ruled Eastern Rome from the time it was partitioned in 395 to its fall to the Turks in 1453.
Rudolf I of Habsburg - King of Germany Created: Saturday, March 31, 2012 Updated: Saturday, March 31, 2012
Rudolf of Habsburg was the first German king of the Habsburg dynasty.
Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I - Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire Created: Saturday, March 31, 2012 Updated: Saturday, March 31, 2012
When Zeno died, his widow Ariadne selected Anastasius as the next emperor, then married him.
Harun al-Rashid - Abbasid Caliph Created: Friday, March 30, 2012 Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012
Harun al-Rashid was the fifth Abbasid caliph. He and his fabulous court at Baghdad are immortalized in The Thousand and One Nights
King Louis I of France - Louis the Pious Created: Friday, March 30, 2012 Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012
Louis was the son of Charlemagne, and the only designated heir to survive his father.
Matthew Paris - 13th-Century English Chronicler - Monk Created: Friday, March 30, 2012 Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012
Matthew Paris was an English Benedictine monk whose extensive and detailed chronicles of events in the 13th century form one of the most significant primary sources in medieval studies.
Gaiseric - King Gaiseric of the Vandals Created: Friday, March 30, 2012 Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012
About Vandal King Gaiseric, who exercised control over a large portion of the Mediterranean and sacked Rome.
Alaric I - King of the Visigoths - Alaric the Visigoth Created: Sunday, June 24, 2007 Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012
Alaric I led the Visigoths in a sack of the city of Rome
Saint Jerome - A Concise Biography Created: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Updated: Thursday, March 01, 2012
Saint Jerome translated the Bible into Latin in what would become the Vulgate edition. He was a hermit, a priest, and a teacher, and he wrote voluminously on many theological topics.
Illustration of St. Jerome - Medieval and Renaissance History Portrait Gallery Created: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Updated: Thursday, March 01, 2012
An illustration of St. Jerome from the Worms Bible, 1148.
The Medieval and Renaissance History Portrait Gallery Created: Thursday, October 15, 2009 Updated: Thursday, March 01, 2012
Images of Individuals from Medieval and Renaissance History, including period illustrations, statues, manuscript images, and portraits that were created centuries after the end of the Middle Ages.
Saint Jerome - Scholar - Translator of the Bible Created: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Though best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin, Jerome was an important scholar of the early Christian Church and wrote on many theological matters.
July 24 - This Date in Medieval History - 24 July Created: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Events that took place on July 24th throughout medieval history.
Conflagration: The Peasants Revolt - Part 4: The Ashes of Justice Created: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The outcome of the Peasants Revolt and the ultimate fate of the rebels.
Conflagration: The Peasants Revolt - Part 3: The Flames Consume Reason Created: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The Peasants' Revolt builds to a climax in London.
Conflagration: The Peasants Revolt - Part 1: The Fire is Laid Created: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The circumstances that led to England's Peasants' Revolt in the spring of 1381.
Conflagration: The Peasants Revolt - Part 2: A Spark Ignites the Blaze Created: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The events that triggered the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 and its immediate effects.
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick - Warwick the Kingmaker Created: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Known as the Kingmaker for his role in helping put not one, but two kings on the throne of England, Richard Neville was a powerful English nobleman.
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick - Medieval and Renaissance History Portrait Gallery Created: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Painting of the Earl of Warrick by an unknown artist of the 17th century.
King Henry I of Germany - Henry the Fowler - Duke of Saxony Created: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
King Henry I of Germany, known as Henry the Fowler, managed to unite the various duchies of Germany in a confederation.
Saladin in Print Created: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Books on the life of Saladin.
Pope Felix III - Saint Created: Monday, October 31, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Felix spent much of his papacy embroiled in a controversy over Monophysitism.
Concise Biography of General Belisarius Created: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
A straightforward narrative of the life and career of General Belisarius, foremost Byzantine general.
Saint Dominic - Founder of the Order or Friars Preachers Created: Monday, January 30, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
St. Dominic founded the Order of the Friars Preachers.
Nicolau Copernicus - Founder of Modern Astronomy Created: Monday, January 30, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Though he wasn't the first scientist to propose that the Earth revolved around the sun, his support of the theory would have far-reaching effects.

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