In the Middle Ages, as today, visual art offered an avenue to explore ... and especially class. For many in this period, self-worth was ultimately measured against the ideal heavenly role models: ...

Herald of Ages explained why the Medieval Period became known as the Middle Ages ... were a great many things that happened during this time. With no central authority to maintain order Europe ...

Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...

Organized by the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” at the University of Münster, new lecture and reading series on aesthetic conceptions of the body from the Middle Ages to the present day ...