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5 days ago · Married Life in the Middle Ages offers a refreshing approach to medieval marriage. Elisabeth van Houts focuses on the social and emotional sides of marriage rather than viewing marriage through a legal or institutional lens. Two aspects of van Houts’ book set it apart from others.
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4 days ago · This paper, by one of the editors, Anne J. Cruz, emphasizes the lineage of female rule in Early Modern Spain, from Isabel of Castile and her daughter Juana to Isabel of Portugal, wife of Charles V. However, Cruz notes that Juana of Austria’s position was unusual since it was not directly linked to a joint rule with a husband or son.
1 day ago · In the mid-14th century, the Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, tore through Europe, leaving devastation in its wake. It's believed that the disease arrived from Asia and was ...
4 days ago · The conclusion confirms the uniqueness of 13th- and 14th-century conceptions of kinship: they were distinct from any pre-Conquest ‘quasi-corporate or clannish’ systems (p. 142) and, although ‘not unfamiliar’ in their resemblance to the modern nuclear family, remained distinct due to their inter-connectedness with other hierarchical ...
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4 days ago · Florence, birthplace of the Italian Renaissance.The architectural perspective and new systems of banking and accounting were introduced during the time.. The Renaissance (UK: / r ə ˈ n eɪ s ən s / rən-AY-sənss, US: / ˈ r ɛ n ə s ɑː n s / ⓘ REN-ə-sahnss) is a period in history and a cultural movement in Europe marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity.
4 days ago · Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII. Eleanor of Aquitaine marrying Louis VII in 1137 (left scene) and Louis VII departing on the Second Crusade (1147), drawing from Les Chroniques de Saint-Denis, late 14th century. (more) Eleanor was the daughter and heiress of William X, duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitiers, who possessed one of the largest ...
1 day ago · Later historical records of the Romani reaching southeastern Europe are from the 14th century: in 1322, after leaving Ireland on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Irish Franciscan friar Symon Semeonis encountered a migrant group of Romani outside the town of Candia (modern Heraklion), in Crete, calling them "the descendants of Cain"; his account is ...
