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Brilliant games from the Middle Ages – football, children’s games and strategic board games

Brilliant games from the Middle Ages – football, children’s games and strategic board games

Love Story Without Words: My Favourite Miniature, Part 1

Love Story Without Words: My Favourite Miniature, Part 1

Recycling and Parchment: Sustainability Part 3

Recycling and Parchment: Sustainability Part 3

The Apocalypse and what causes it

The Apocalypse and what causes it

Book Illumination: The Secrets of the Middle Ages in Pictures (Part 3)

Book Illumination: The Secrets of the Middle Ages in Pictures (Part 3)

Book illumination: The secrets of the Middle Ages in pictures (Part 2)

Book illumination: The secrets of the Middle Ages in pictures (Part 2)

Book illumination: The secrets of the Middle Ages in pictures (Part 1)

Book illumination: The secrets of the Middle Ages in pictures (Part 1)

How did the Romans conquer the world sustainably? Sustainability Part 2

How did the Romans conquer the world sustainably? Sustainability Part 2

Exceptional women in the history of the Middle Ages

Exceptional women in the history of the Middle Ages

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Historic personalities Medieval Art Stories Traditions in the middle ages

Brilliant games from the Middle Ages – football, children’s games and strategic board games

      Football, tennis, golf, handball… where do these games actually come from? Did they already exist in the Middle Ages? And which games were reserved for the...
Historic personalities Medieval Art Stories

Love Story Without Words: My Favourite Miniature, Part 1

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. So why use them at all? This love story by an unknown author from medieval France consists only...
Materiale Medieval Art Stories Traditions in the middle ages

Recycling and Parchment: Sustainability Part 3

    The handling of paper today is no longer the same as it was a few years ago. It was often recycled or reused for other purposes...
Medieval Art Stories Mythen und Kreaturen Traditions in the middle ages

The Apocalypse and what causes it

The lamb has two symbolisms in the history of the Middle Ages: that of sacrifice and that of victory. But how does it relate to the...
Historic personalities Medieval Art Stories Traditions in the middle ages

Book Illumination: The Secrets of the Middle Ages in Pictures (Part 3)

Now that we have explained the context of the miniatures, what to ask them, and which stylistic periods they cover, it is time to go into...
Medieval Art Stories Mythen und Kreaturen Myths and creatures

Book illumination: The secrets of the Middle Ages in pictures (Part 2)

After a short introduction to understanding the miniatures and how to read them, the different periods of book illumination are explained. This ranges from insular book...
Medieval Art Stories Traditions in the middle ages

Book illumination: The secrets of the Middle Ages in pictures (Part 1)

How do we understand a miniature? Quite simply: by asking it! But why are the perspectives completely unrealistic? And what are all the flowers doing in...
Medieval Art Stories

How did the Romans conquer the world sustainably? Sustainability Part 2

Why am I holding a 2000-year-old nail in my hand? And how did it get to me? The Romans were masters of strategy, so it is...
Historic personalities Traditions in the middle ages

Exceptional women in the history of the Middle Ages

  Were women able to fulfill themselves in the Middle Ages? What about their rights?   The Middle Ages were an extremely difficult time for women. Apart from getting...