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Twelve Greatest Illuminated Manuscripts

Illuminated manuscripts are, as their name suggests, hand-made books illumined by gold and silver ink. They were produced...
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Gilded Silver Vase from Italy

Gilded Silver Vase from Italy

Silver vase, partly gilded, with an ivy wreath and a vine scroll; the handles also have vines. Roman period, c. 10-80...

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Linus Roache as King Ecbert

King Egbert of Wessex

Egbert of Wessex (l. c. 770-839 CE, r. 802-839 CE; also given as Ecgberht, Ecbert) was the most powerful and influential...
Odo & the Siege of Paris

Kingdom of West Francia

The Kingdom of West Francia (843-987 CE, also known as The Kingdom of the West Franks) was the region of Central Europe...
Death of Harold, Bayeux Tapestry

Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry shows in pictures the events leading up to the Norman conquest of Anglo-Saxon England by William...
Map of the Vandalic War

Battle of Tricamarum

The Battle of Tricamarum (533 CE) was the second and last major battle of the Vandalic War (533 – 534 CE). The battle...
Second Crusade Battle Scene

The Armies of the Crusades

The armies of the Crusades (11th-15th centuries CE), which saw Christians and Muslims struggle for control of territories...
Medieval Spice Merchant

Medieval Guilds

Guilds of merchants and craft workers were formed in medieval Europe so that their members could benefit from mutual...
Lothaire Bluteau as Charles of West Francia

Charles the Simple

Charles the Simple (Charles III of France, l. 879-929 CE, r. 893-923 CE) was king of West Francia (roughly modern-day France...
Silla Gold Crown

Precious Materials in Antiquity

Certain materials have always been precious such as gold for its lustre, incorruptibility and ease to work but some ancient...

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