History of the Knights Templar: Origin Story, Rise & Demise
Their primary vision was to set up a roadside service to protect Christian pilgrims along very hostile terrains as they made their journeys to the Holy Land in the Middle...
Category: Middle Ages
Notre-Dame Cathedral: History, April 2019 Fire, Restoration, and Major Facts
Known in French as Notre-Dame de Paris or Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame Cathedral or “Our Lady of Paris” is a magnificent Gothic cathedral located in the Paris. This...
Were the Middle Ages that Dark as some historians often describe the period?
For centuries, the commonly held view was that the thousand years following the fall of the Western Roman Empire witnessed large swathes of Western Europe deteriorate socially, economically and politically....
Middle Ages: Summary, Facts, and Timeline
Here is a quick summary of what the Middle Ages were all about in Europe. The article also includes a complete timeline of all the major events that characterized the...
The Black Death: Plague, Symptoms, Death Toll, & Other Major Facts
The Black Death was a terrible bubonic plague that decimated 14th century Europe, as well as other parts of Asia, causing a great chunk of the population to shrink within...