Fashion in 15th-century Europe was characterized by a surge of experimentation and regional variety, from the voluminous robes called houppelandes with their sw...

Europe circa 500ad...good visual for Beowulf

This English manuscript was made in East Anglia in the mid-thirteenth century for a patron with special veneration for St. Olaf, whose life and martyrdom are prominently portrayed in the Beatus initial of Psalm 1. Known as the "Carrow Psalter" due to its later use by the nunnery of Carrow near Norwich, it is more accurately described as a psalter-hours, as it contains, among other texts, the Office of the Dead and the Hours of the Virgin. The manuscript is striking for its rich variety of…

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Medieval History na Instagramie: „The 'Nuremberg Chronicle' was published #onthisday in 1493. One of the most impressive early printed books, the 'Chronicle' is a history of…”

The Persian army comprised of the conquered levies and the Immortals. The levies were poorly equipped, badly trained and thrown into battles like livestock. Because of the cheap nature of their...