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2 08, 2017

Medieval Italy – the High Middle Ages

By |2019-10-08T08:10:12-07:00August 2nd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Medieval Italy – the High Middle Ages

Medieval Italy: Matilda of Canossa (ca. 1100 AD) Matilda of Canossa By about 900 AD, the Holy Roman Emperors started to lose power over Northern Italy. The Counts of Canossa controlled most of Northern [...]

29 07, 2017

Aachen – Palatine Chapel – Charlemagne

By |2017-07-29T18:08:15-07:00July 29th, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Aachen – Palatine Chapel – Charlemagne

Aachen cathedral (begun 792 AD) One of the first ambitious buildings in Western Europe after the fall of Rome was Charlemagne's chapel at his capital of Aachen (now in northern Germany) about 792 [...]

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