Medieval

4 08, 2017

Albigensians – Cathars – Crusade

By |2019-01-21T10:25:15-08:00August 4th, 2017|Medieval, Religion|Comments Off on Albigensians – Cathars – Crusade

Albigensians were also called Cathars This story starts about 1050 AD, not long after the Capetians took power in northern France. Some Christian people in the south of France began to think differently about God from the [...]

4 08, 2017

Medieval people – Life in medieval Europe

By |2019-12-19T20:10:18-08:00August 4th, 2017|Medieval, People|Comments Off on Medieval people – Life in medieval Europe

Madonna and child (Donatello) Medieval families The way people thought about each other in the Middle Ages, everyone was involved in complicated systems of relationships with each other. The first relationships [...]

4 08, 2017

Tristan and Isolde – King Arthur’s Round Table

By |2018-04-22T10:26:50-07:00August 4th, 2017|Literature, Medieval|Comments Off on Tristan and Isolde – King Arthur’s Round Table

Tristan and Isolde, in a German woodcut (1400s AD) In the story, Isolde was a princess in Ireland, and a great healer. She was the best doctor in the land. One day this guy [...]

4 08, 2017

Knights of the Round Table – Medieval England

By |2019-10-31T06:53:09-07:00August 4th, 2017|Literature, Medieval|Comments Off on Knights of the Round Table – Medieval England

Lancelot to the rescue! Notice the importance of his strong steel sword. (Knights of the Round Table) A framing device In the early Middle Ages, poets and story-tellers were telling a lot [...]

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