It also covers the impact of the Crusades on trade, the rise of the middle class, and the transformative effects of the Black Death. Additionally, it emphasizes advancements in education ...

The onset of the Little Ice Age, between 1300 until about 1870 meant that the long, dark winters of the Late Middle Ages were colder and more dangerous. With starvation and death from illness ...

Visitors to Dutch and German bathhouses in the late Middle Ages emerged from such spaces cleansed of more than just their grime: They also received basic medical care from “baders,” bathhouse ...

While it is widely believed that April Fools' Day may have roots back in ancient Rome or Britain, clear references to the April tradition do not appear until the late Middle Ages, according to ...