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The Reconquista – Medieval Spain

By Karen Carr|2018-04-12T00:08:05-07:00August 3rd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on The Reconquista – Medieval Spain

Roland blows his horn for help and tries to break his sword on a rock (Chartres Cathedral) As soon as the Moors had conquered Spain in 711 AD, the descendants of the Visigoths and the Romans [...]

Medieval Europe’s games

By Karen Carr|2019-12-29T04:11:23-08:00August 1st, 2017|Medieval|17 Comments

Medieval games: Women playing chess Early medieval games: Dice, checkers, chess The games of medieval Europe were mainly the same as those of Egypt, Greece, and Rome: dice, knucklebones, marbles, checkers. But there were some new games, too. [...]