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A medieval manuscript illustration showing children having a snowball fight. A Book of Hours, c. 1510 CE. (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA)

Geghard Monastery in Armenia contains a number of churches, altars, and tombs, most of which are cut into rock. The monastery is widely considered the very peak of Armenian medieval architecture. It was founded...

Nearly 40 tombstones from the 13th and 14th century CE survive in the Jewish cemetery, and another 30 are located nearby. The oldest tombstone dates to 1266 CE and the latest to 1337 CE. Some tombs have...

A pen and ink illustration of a cat in a tree, being harassed by a man and his dogs. Folio 48 of Ms. Ludwig XV 1 (83.MR.171), amanuscript made in Germany (probably Trier), late 15th century. Getty Museum, Los...

Detail of carving at Peterskirche, Munich.

A 14th century CE manuscript illustration showing peasants threshing wheat. (Luttrell Psalter, British Library, London)

This stone block contains a stylized design dating back to 13th or 14th-century Armenia. It is located within the Noravank Monastery, which is located in Armenia's Vayots Dzor Province.

Armenia's Tatev Monastery was founded in the 9th century CE, and it is famous for its architecture and history.

A concise presentation of the importance of religion in medieval Europe.

Religious practice in medieval Europe (c. 476-1500) was dominated and informed by the Catholic Church. The majority of the population was Christian, and "Christian" at this time meant "Catholic" as there was initially no other...