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A Gallery of 30 Influential Women from the Middle Ages
Image Gallery by Alexa Galue

A Gallery of 30 Influential Women from the Middle Ages

In this gallery, we showcase images of 30 influential women from the Middle Ages. Usually dated from c. 500 to c. 1500, this was a complex and transformative period in European history filled with political turmoil and dynamic social and...
Trade in the Middle Ages
Collection by Mark Cartwright

Trade in the Middle Ages

Peoples, cities and states have traded since antiquity but in the medieval period, things escalated so that goods travelled ever greater distances by land, river and sea. Great cities arose thanks to commerce and international trade such...
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Middle Kingdom of Egypt

The Middle Kingdom (2040-1782 BCE) is considered ancient Egypt's Classical Age during which it produced some of its greatest works of art and literature. Scholars remain divided on which dynasties constitute the Middle Kingdom as some argue...
Map of Christian Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages, c. 1000
Image by Simeon Netchev

Map of Christian Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages, c. 1000

This map illustrates the changing patterns of Christian pilgrimage during the Middle Ages: for most Europeans the long, perilous, and costly journey to the Holy Land was too far, dangerous, and forbiddingly expensive, so devotion redirected...
Bodies in the Middle Ages in Zürich
Image by Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

Bodies in the Middle Ages in Zürich

Bodies in the Middle Ages, exhibition in Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zürich.
Bodies in the Middle Ages Exhibition
Image by Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

Bodies in the Middle Ages Exhibition

Bodies in the Middle Ages exhibition in the Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zürich.
Map of the Trade Networks in the Middle Ages, c. 1200
Image by Simeon Netchev

Map of the Trade Networks in the Middle Ages, c. 1200

This map illustrates the extent and growing interconnectivity of global trade networks at the start of the 13th century. Following centuries of fragmentation and isolation after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE, new patterns...
Royal Funerary Procession in the Middle Ages
Image by Mohawk Games

Royal Funerary Procession in the Middle Ages

An artist's depiction of a royal funerary procession in the Middle Ages. From the game Old World.
Map of Romani Migration in the Middle Ages
Image by Arienne King

Map of Romani Migration in the Middle Ages

Map showing the movement of the Romani people between approximately 500 and 1500 CE. The dates used on this map are commonly accepted approximations based on historical accounts and linguistic evidence. Some dates, such as the timeframe in...
Seafaring in the Middle Ages
Image by Mohawk Games

Seafaring in the Middle Ages

Artist's impression of medieval seafaring. The left ship in the foreground depicts a cog, which is a medieval ship that was widely used by traders of the Hanseatic League. The ship in the background depicts a Scandinavian or Viking ship.
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