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 ...

Charlemagne was crowned king of the Franks in 768 and appointed the first Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800. He is best known for ushering Europe out of the “Dark Ages” and fostering ...

It's judgement day for Charlemagne of the Roman Empire (not 'Holy' Roman Empire ... also shifted tenor from chanty Mayan and ...

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In the Middle Ages, for instance, the left-hander lived in danger of being accused of practicing witchcraft. The Devil himself was considered a southpaw, and he and other evil spirits were always ...

The question of the spiritual power’s authority over the temporal would be a point of contention throughout the Middle Ages, from the Pope crowning Charlemagne in 800 as the newly reconstituted ...

Dec. 20, 2024 — Investigations into precipitation patterns in eastern Central Europe since the end of the last ice age have shown that dynamic processes in atmospheric circulation, such as the ...

The war in Yemen began in 2014, when Houthi fighters swept into the capital, Sanaa, and took over government institutions. Information ...

Mahmoud was arrested at the age of 17 for protesting during Bashar al-Assad’s regime and was released 7 years later.