Time Period Index (Medieval)

The crusades of the 11th to 15th century CE have become one of the defining events of the Middle Ages in both...

Charlemagne (Charles the Great, also known as Charles I, l. 742-814) was King of the Franks (r. 768-814), King of the Franks and Lombards...

Norse cosmology divided the universe into nine realms. The center of the universe was the great world-tree Yggdrasil...

Islam is an Abrahamic-monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Prophet Muhammad ibn Abdullah (l. 570-632 CE, after whose name...

The Knights Templar were established c. 1119 and given papal recognition in 1129. It was a Catholic medieval military order whose...

Around 1450 CE, Europe and the eastern Mediterranean stood...