The Middle Ages

The relationship between these three groups was complicated and not always stable. There were times of tolerance and times of great intolerance. The three groups learned from one another but were...

The commercial revolution was a major turning point in economic history. After the Crusades, soldiers returning home to Europe in the 11th century brought back spices and all sorts of new goods and...

There are at least two ways in which this is true. First, although this was the Age of Faith, it was also an age of growing scientific knowledge. Gothic cathedrals celebrated that knowledge. The...

In other questions that you have asked, you have been mainly concerned with fashion. Therefore, I will answer this question with respect to fashion. The main reason why the information contained...

Early Byzantine fashion and textiles were derived from Roman fashion with togas, chitons and peploses being dominant clothing items. Wider trade relationships over time expanded Byzantium textile...