From the fall of Rome to the dawn of the Renaissance, the Middle Ages was an era of history that encompassed massive social change. A time of international warfare, national rebellion, devastating ...

Pessimists often compare today's troubled America to a tottering late Rome or an insolvent and descending British Empire. But medieval Europe (roughly A.D. 500 to 1450) is the more apt comparison ...

In the Middle Ages, the appearance of the hill had changed significantly as it lost the sacred character it had in pagan times; in fact, even the Senate was located there in the 12th century, and two ...

Then they became the monster of the Middle Ages. ... reaching a wide audience thanks to the growing popularity of pilgrimages to Rome and Compostela, Spain. Both places saw ... walking around ...

Art of Europe’s “Age of Faith”: Romanesque, Gothic, Byzantine, Moorish, and even Viking. After Rome fell, Europe spent a thousand years in its Middle Ages. Its art shows how the light of ...

Memo: To: All bridge buffs. From: A fellow bridge buff. Re: The bridges of Rome. The bridges of Rome not only span the Tiber River, they also span the ages of Rome. Mark Twain put it best when he s… ...

From the fall of Rome to the dawn of the Renaissance, the Middle Ages spanned over a thousand years of dramatic change. In this video, we break down the full timeline of the medieval era in just ...