Covering history's most marvelous millennium
Covering history's most marvelous millennium
Urraca of León had to deal with an overbearing father and an abusive husband. Contrary to their will, she became the first (and last) Empress of Spain.
The famous poet Poeun was forced to choose between aggressive revolutionaries and loyalty to the old regime. A bridge now in North Korea still commemorates his fate.
Money makes the world go around. But initially, medieval economies relied as much on barter as on coinage. Smart bankers then turned the system around in their favor.
The Vikings buried their dead in a spectacularly shocking fashion. An Arab traveler was invited to a ship burial and wrote down every detail he witnessed.
The limited space within a medieval city's walls led to an ever-intensifying search for the ideal residential unit. Both the "Viking" longhouse and the typical townhouse proved popular.
At Smyrna, the Knights Hospitaller were confronted with an attack by Timur. They had beaten the Turks back for decades, but this enemy was something else.
