Medieval Europeans thought about politics in terms of leadership and often criticized rulers for ‘tyranny’ − both in government and in the church.
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European women’s rights expanded in early medieval cities, though they were still limited. Last wills and testaments were some of the few documents women could dictate themselves.
There is an obscure medieval legend that says once upon a time in Bethlehem, a child was born whose holiness was so great it required the slaughter of all the ‘sodomites’ in the world.
Medieval monks recorded hundreds of lunar eclipses. Centuries later, their descriptions are helping scientists unravel the role of volcanoes in historical climate change.
The Newport medieval ship is the most complete section of a 15th-century European vessel discovered to date.
A German town needed to relocate a medieval graveyard to build a parking garage. A positive side effect: Scientists got to sequence the DNA of Ashkenazi Jews who lived more than 600 years ago.
All over Europe, early medieval graves look like they were robbed long ago. But new research suggests that relatives re-opened them to take out heirlooms and make connections with the dead.
Today most societies take the A.D. time system for granted. That wasn’t always the case.
When it came to making sense of lunar eclipses, medieval Christians did not necessarily resort to superstition, magicians, and moon-eating monsters.
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Professor of Medieval History, University of Rhode Island
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Associate Professor of Volcanology and Geoscience Communication, University of Twente and Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
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Lecturer in Medieval History, The University of Queensland
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Reader in the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm University
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Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University
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Professor of English, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Population and Statistical Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Professor of Genetics and of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
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Associate professor, University of Bristol
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University
