Middle Ages study is often restricted to Europe. English, Scottish, Irish, and French history abound, but the rest of the world saw great change as well. A new Wondrium series reveals the world before the Renaissance—all of it. […]
Events of the Middle Ages often occurred due to global interaction. Explorers and seafaring merchants reached certain civilizations and even continents for the first time. “The Middle Ages around the World” explains how. […]
A new interpretation from 2019 considers the Rok runestone to have enigmatic messaging because it somehow references Ragnarok, making it one of the oldest references to the event. […]
The poem Muspilli tells the events of what happens during the end of times according to Christianity. In one passage, the poem’s vocabulary strikingly resembles that of Norse mythology. […]
One can get a better picture of the structure of the world in which the tales of Norse mythology occur after closely analyzing the the implication of the events of Ragnarok. […]
Though Ragnarok signals the end of the world as it burns in flames that reach the stars, the eventual sinking of the world into the sea doesn’t necessarily mean the end of everything. […]
To know when Ragnarok comes, there are certain signs that one can look forward to since they foretell the end of times. The first sign is the unending winter that will last three years. […]
The French invasion of Italy when it was composed of smaller city-states would later be regarded as the end of a period of relative peace and cultural brilliance. Eventually, it would give birth to the concept of nation-state. […]
After Lorenzo de’ Medici passed away, his son, Piero, took his place. Piero, unlike his father, was reckless in his decision-making and drowned in his own pride. […]
Girolamo Savonarola frequently suggested in his sermons that Lorenzo de Medici kept the city enthralled with lavish civic celebrations in order to distract and stupefy the Florentine populace into submission. […]
© The Teaching Company, LLC. All rights reserved.