A recent study by researchers Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka and Dr. Daria Elagina re-examined and translated a rare first-hand ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of Japan continues with a video on the Edo Japan’s social order and the bakuhan system, as we deduce what the feudal structure ...

Jeddah is known for being the kingdom's modern commercial hub, and the exodus of its merchant class meant its old town had fallen into neglect. The kingdom's ambitious Vision 2030 plan to ...

A part of UT Arlington transformed into a medieval scene Wednesday as students launched melons using a catapult. This challenge was conceived by history majors for a scientific thought class.

The museum is a medieval merchant house and a historic house museum with period room displays, large collections of furniture, toys and a hidden garden. One visitor said: "Lovely museum, many things ...

Josie Gibson has revealed she is suffering from a medieval disease after filming a new travel show where she sampled first class cabins. After filming Channel 5 travelogue Around The World In ...

There was no Leviathan; instead, there were competing jurisdictions, private arbitration, and bottom-up law formation through merchant guilds and chartered ... as codified by Gratian and elaborated ...

Now imagine these Jews, middle and lower class, in villages ruled largely by the merchant class and the rabbis, as they increasingly interacted with the outside world. Socialists and later ...

and reflects many of the same organizing principles observed for Medieval/Renaissance guilds in Europe. Many of the characteristics of the pochteca can also be used to identify earlier merchant ...

This led to rapid growth as merchants and craftsmen flocked to the area. One of Lymington's primary industries during the Middle Ages was salt production and the town became renowned for its salt ...