Chess was unarguably the most popular board game played in medieval Europe. The popularity of the game is understandable since it was to be seen everywhere, including artworks, literary works, and moral preachings. […]
The recreational activities in medieval Europe involved ball games like football and bowling, among others. These games could often turn violent, which could lead them to being prohibited or restricted at times. […]
It is not for nothing that the game of tennis finds its mention in Shakespeare’s plays. Tennis was a game played by medieval kings and commoners alike. […]
There were many who advocated for the reading and interpretation of the Bible by average laypeople in their own languages. The Church’s prohibition against translation, however, was a major flashpoint in debates among the clerics. […]
Ecclesiastical authorities tended to condemn the untutored reading of the scriptures by lay people. However, the vernacular translation of biblical texts had been normal for most of the Middle Ages. […]
The central ideas of Roman Christianity were translated into languages and concepts that made sense to the new converts. An example is the different versions of the story of Adam and Eve. […]
Interestingly, we can trace the legacy of several medieval authors in the many anonymous and collaborative forms of writing that are familiar to us from social media, blog posts, and podcasts. […]
The writing careers of three early medieval contemporaries—Cassiodorus Senator, Venantius Fortunatus, and Isidore of Seville—help us understand the rise in the popularity of books. […]
In the ancient Greco-Roman world, writing was considered a pastime of independently wealthy men. They might receive patronage, but authorship was not a means to earn a livelihood. […]
The world’s largest nation is facing a decline in its numbers. Last year, deaths in China outpaced births for the first time since the 1960s. What’s happening to the Chinese population and why? […]
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