So we’ve discovered that people in the Middle Ages understood geography and made some great art. The misconception that Europeans knew very little about the world beyond their own villages can ...

His title is somewhat misleading, for the last two chapters take us beyond the strict limit of the geography of the Middle Ages and introduce the great Age of Discovery. The author shows how ...

not geography. The Latin word imperium, for example, is often translated as "empire" but it's more accurate to say it means "authority" or "power." In other words, "empire" in the Middle Ages was ...

“This was an interesting period because, on the one hand, you have the tradition of sacred geography with the Bible ... they show us the situation of the Middle East at the time.

This week saw more than 2,500 scholars of the Middle Ages descend on the University of Leeds (England) for the 25th annual International Medieval Congress. There, over the course of 4 days and ...

(Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Most Americans get their ideas about the Middle Ages from popular culture, like “Game of Thrones,” or from the inevitable rigmarole after a politician refers to “a ...