A longstanding myth holds that people in medieval Christian Europe didn’t bathe. In fact, the Middle Ages subscribed heartily to the adage “cleanliness is next to godliness.” Thinkers of the ...

Even if you have the most basic historical knowledge, you are probably aware of the period called the Middle Ages. Sadly, ...

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Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Wikimedia Commons under ... of everyday life were far more ambiguous during the Middle Ages; defined by medievalist Kathryn Walton as “actions that ...

Legends, stories, and images turned it into a symbol of the Middle Ages that would transcend time. Even earlier than the Middle Ages, in the civilizations of antiquity, a whole menagerie of ...

The Middle Ages spanned 1,000 years ... As most people were illiterate, pictures and symbols were used to teach and celebrate the Christian message. The art didn't have to be realistic as long ...

Once upon a time, popular culture used to embrace charming or comic fantasies about the Middle Ages. From Camelot to ... these Merrie Olde England-type images to rougher stuff, as embodied by ...

Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...