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The trades of the Middle Ages (1 / 2)

There are a variety of ways of working in the Middle Ages: the labor provided by slaves in domestic work or salaried servants and companions, to the drudgery provided ...
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History of the Crusades (2 / 14): The creation of the Latin states

The purpose of the crusade launched November 27, 1095 by Urban II was completed: Jerusalem and the tomb of Christ were released from the wicked hands of Muslims, and purified at the same time ...
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Italian rule in the western Mediterranean (2 / 2)

The Italian cities, strengthened by the revolution so-called "common" (which has encouraged the emergence of large retailers) have established their dominance in the Mediterranean Sea by a clever ...
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The investiture controversy: the assembly of Worms (January 24, 1076)

The struggles between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire marked the eleventh and twelfth centuries, but we can consider that their peak stands at what is commonly called the ...
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Health and pollution in the Middle Ages

Representations of urban medieval iconography, master works, engravings, tapestries and sculptures show streets with cobblestones glistening clean lined with houses well ...
agnes_sorel The Middle Ages, the disappearance of the Western Roman Empire in Humanism. The relationship between Christianity and Islam, social change, economic dynamics and military conflicts.
# Articles published Author
1. A table of the Middle Ages
Viviane
2. Al Andalus (fourth): From Conquest to the caliphate
Cnaudin
3. Al Andalus (2 / 4): On the Taifa Al Mansur
Cnaudin
4. Al Andalus (3 / 4): A North African-Andalusian empire?
Cnaudin
5. Al Andalus (4 / 4): the twilight Nazari
Cnaudin
6. Baldwin IV the Leper King of Jerusalem (1174-1185)
Cnaudin
7. Population growth in the Middle Ages
Rayan
8. Cooking the Middle Ages and medieval recipes
The Brinvilliers
9. William the Conqueror: the Viking who became king
Magellan
10. History of the Crusades (1 / 14): The First Crusade (1095-1099)
Cnaudin
11. History of the Crusades (10/14): Frederick II and the Crusade
Cnaudin
12. History of the Crusades (11/14): Louis IX and the Last Crusade
Cnaudin
13. History of the Crusades (12/14): Templars and military orders
Cnaudin
14. History of the Crusades (13/14): Mongols and Mamluks
Cnaudin
15. History of the Crusades (14/14): The end of the Latin states
Cnaudin
16. History of the Crusades (2 / 14): The creation of the Latin states
Cnaudin
17. History of the Crusades (3 / 14): The alarm Muslims and the 2nd Crusade
Cnaudin
18. History of the Crusades (4 / 14): Life and Death of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Cnaudin
19. History of the Crusades (5 / 14): the Third Crusade
Cnaudin
20. History of the Crusades (6 / 14): Share, exchange and vision of the Other
Cnaudin
21. History of the Crusades (7 / 14): Between Crusade and jihad, holy war
Cnaudin
22. History of the Crusades (8 / 14): The Fourth Crusade
Cnaudin
23. History of the Crusades (9 / 14): The Fifth Crusade
Cnaudin
24. Health and pollution in the Middle Ages
Viviane
25. The call to the crusade of Urban II at Clermont (1095)
Cnaudin
26. Italy in the late Middle Ages (XIII-XV)
Cnaudin
27. The West and Islam (seventh to ninth century)
Cnaudin
28. The order of Cluny in the Middle Ages
Cnaudin
29. Medieval Catalonia
Cnaudin
30. The fall of Constantinople (May 29, 1453)
Cnaudin
31. The status of women in the Middle Ages (1 / 2)
Viviane
32. The status of women in the Middle Ages (2 / 2)
Viviane
33. Italian rule in the western Mediterranean (1 / 2)
Cnaudin
34. Italian rule in the western Mediterranean (2 / 2)
Cnaudin
35. The founding of the Knights Templar (January 13, 1129)
Cnaudin
36. Medicine and remedies of the Middle Ages
Viviane
37. The investiture controversy: the assembly of Worms (January 24, 1076)
Cnaudin
38. Muslim Sicily
Cnaudin
39. The body of the woman in the Middle Ages
Roman Borgna
40. The book: a ​​love of the Middle Ages
viviane
41. The time of the knights in Europe
Viviane
42. The dhimmis in medieval Islam (1 / 2)
Cnaudin
43. The dhimmis in medieval Islam (2 / 2)
Cnaudin
44. The Italian Wars (1 / 2)
Cnaudin
45. The trades of the Middle Ages (1 / 2)
Viviane
46. The trades of the Middle Ages (2 / 2)
Viviane
47. The Mozarabic in Al Andalus (VIII-XI) 1 / 2
Cnaudin
48. The Mozarabic in Al Andalus (VIII-XI) 2 / 2
Cnaudin
49. The Normans in the Mediterranean (1): pilgrims and mercenaries
Cnaudin
50. The Normans in the Mediterranean (2): the conquerors
Cnaudin
51. The Normans in the Mediterranean (3): The Kingdom of Sicily
Cnaudin
52. The Normans in the Mediterranean (4): East and Holy Land
Cnaudin
53. The Normans in the Mediterranean (5): the end of the dream
Cnaudin
54. The Sicilian Vespers (30 and 31 March 1282)
Kara Iskandar
55. Louis XI and the arts
Cnaudin
56. Richard Coeur de Lion slain (April 6, 1199)
Kara Iskandar
57. Saladin, an Arab hero?
Cnaudin
58. Minstrels and troubadours: Music in the Middle Ages
Viviane
59. Travel and wonders in the Middle Ages (1 / 2)
Cnaudin
60. Travel and wonders in the Middle Ages (2 / 2)
Cnaudin