The Middle Ages, usually dated from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, were a period of striking contrasts. Castles rose ...

Historically, Europe marked a definitive break from the Middle Ages during the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. In these periods, history as we know it emerged, dividing human civilization into ...

Europe spent 1000 years in its Middle Ages after Rome fell and rebounded Around A.D. 1000. After Rome fell, Europe spent a thousand years in its Middle Ages. Its art shows how the light of ...

Accounts that are received from antiquity and repeated over and over again, then merge with eyewitness accounts and blend ...