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Explore the achievements and challenges in the Middle Ages. From knights and castles to intriguing Conquerors throughout Medieval History.
What made people in medieval Europe laugh? Does humor translate if taken out of its time? Discover some Renaissance and Medieval jokes.
Despite the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE, Justinian I made a concerted effort to save the city in the 6th century.
The 13th-century Icelandic author Snorri Sturluson is our most important source for Norse mythology. But who was he and why did he write his books?
Genghis Khan once struck fear into much of the known world. However, there was a side of him that surprises historians to this day.
The theory of the four humors dominated medical practice for thousands of years.
Lancelot is widely considered to be King Arthur’s greatest knight, but he is also famous for betraying him. Why was Lancelot important to the Arthurian legends?
Merlin was the wizard who served and guided King Arthur in the Arthurian legends. Often reimagined in pop culture, what is the story of the original Merlin?
Excalibur was the legendary sword of King Arthur. But what do we know about this sword, and how did the legend evolve over the years?