Most of the maps are in Latin or other European languages, but sometimes Hebrew letters are found. Another map shows Jerusalem in two different periods – the destruction of the city in the 1st ...

The city of Lincoln and its cathedral ... awe-inspiring to the average visitor during the Middle Ages. Kept behind two wooden doors, the map was concealed during much of the year and only ...

The “Dark Ages” is a misnomer. The period between Antiquity and the Renaissance, known as the Middle Ages ... manuscripts of Ptolemy’s text and maps. In 1406, his Greek text was translated ...

(Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Most Americans get their ideas about the Middle Ages from popular culture, like “Game of Thrones,” or from the inevitable rigmarole after a politician refers to “a ...

City dwellers in the Middle Ages were probably no worse off than people living in villages. Both groups had very different health risks, one experts has concluded. City dwellers in the Middle Ages ...

You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus. Answer by Harold Kingsberg, reader: The Middle Ages describes the period of time from about 500 to 1500. This millennium saw the ...