Medieval Times

In medieval times, the Church held massive influence in the affairs of the state and the people’s lives. In many instances, it held power equal to the governments and royalty. While the general populace might not have been able to fully grasp the nuances of state and social affairs that…

Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament — Off I-90 close to O’Hare International Airport and across from an Ikea, you’ll find a towering castle in of all places, Schaumburg, Illinois. Chicago may be known as the City of Big Shoulders, but the castle the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg resembles was the skyscraper of its day. Inspired by…

Complaints by Medieval Monks Scribbled in the Margins of Books Before the printing press, all volumes of books had to be copied by hand. A long, arduous process that consisted of weeks, months, even years of meticulous copy. …

Shocked no one thought of these old school moves before. August Whitewood was like many 22-year old recent graduates with a medieval studies degree from Harvard: saddled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in crippling debt and making uneducated financial decisions. However, in a mere 7 years August went from “Yikes” to “All Good” after he discovered the 3 medieval…

Trinkelville Once, in Africa, there was a land called Trinkelville. If you go searching for it now though, all you will find is desert, and the remains of houses and shops.( Maybe a few skeletons here and there.) You would not be able to find it because no one knows…

The paper discusses fiscal stimulus and deficit spending and John Maynard Keynes. The study looks at Europe in 1988, from different philosophical perspectives. The paper suggests that a theory of the state combined with relevant economic theories are crucial to Europe’s future. What was argued in 1988 is even more…

(Source) Ask medieval historian Michael McCormick what year was the worst to be alive, and he’s got an answer: “536.” Not 1349, when the Black Death wiped out half of Europe. Not 1918, when the flu killed 50 million to 100 million people, mostly young adults. But 536. …