30 Photos That Reveal What A Fascinating Period Of Time The Middle Ages Was

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

Can witches fly? A historian unpacks the medieval invention − and skepticism − of the witch on a broomstick

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Michael D. Bailey, Iowa State University (THE CONVERSATION) The image of a witch ...
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Books, banks, buttons, and other inventions from the Middle Ages / Chiara Frugoni ; translated by William McCuaig

Reading and keeping the books -- Time for pleasure and time for duty -- Dressing and undressing -- And then came the fork -- Making war -- By land and sea https ...
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From rags to riches, or how undergarments improved medieval literacy

Thought the invention of the printing press led to an upsurge in literacy rates in the later Middle Ages" Wrong, according to some historians of communication, who believe that paper was more ...