Knighthood and learning

One version of Carolingian Christianity. The obverse side of Harrach ditpych, made as an ivory book cover for a gospel book by the so-called...

  Medieval but not European for a change: the world famous examination system of imperial China under the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) So in a ...

In this early tenth century manuscript illustration, thought to be based on a lost ninth century original, Charlemagne has a conversation wi...

  Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Now I’m not going to write a post about the history of Valentine’s Day itself, though I’d like to say that...