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An Illustrated Map of Medieval and Early Modern Europe (From the Novel
Image by David Tollen

An Illustrated Map of Medieval and Early Modern Europe (From the Novel "The Jericho River")

An illustrated map of medieval and early modern Europe. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.
Europe
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Europe

Europe is a continent forming the westernmost part of the land mass of Eurasia and comprised of 49 sovereign states. Its name may come from the Greek myth of Europa, but human habitation of the region predates that tale, going back over 150,000...
Effects of the Black Death on Europe
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Effects of the Black Death on Europe

The outbreak of plague in Europe between 1347-1352 – known as the Black Death – completely changed the world of medieval Europe. Severe depopulation upset the socio-economic feudal system of the time but the experience of the plague itself...
The Printing Revolution in Renaissance Europe
Article by Mark Cartwright

The Printing Revolution in Renaissance Europe

The arrival in Europe of the printing press with moveable metal type in the 1450s CE was an event which had enormous and long-lasting consequences. The German printer Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1398-1468 CE) is widely credited with the innovation...
The Mongol Invasion of Europe
Article by Mark Cartwright

The Mongol Invasion of Europe

The Mongol invasions of Russia and Eastern Europe occurred first with a brief sortie in 1223 CE and then again in a much larger campaign between 1237 CE and 1242 CE. The Mongols, seemingly coming from nowhere and quickly gaining a reputation...
Early-modern Bookwheel
Image by Bassschlüssel

Early-modern Bookwheel

An early-modern bookwheel, used to display several open books at once. (Jagiellonian University Museum Krakow, Poland)
Interview: Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance
Interview by James Blake Wiener

Interview: Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance

Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance marks the first multidisciplinary exhibition in Italy to examine the profound impact of Italian Renaissance art on the Pre-Raphaelite movement, which flourished in Victorian and Edwardian Britain (c. 1840-1920...
Early Modern Drawing of Hipparchia of Maroneia
Image by Girolamo Olgiati

Early Modern Drawing of Hipparchia of Maroneia

An early modern reimagining of the philosopher Hipparchia of Maroneia (l. c. 350 – 280 BCE). From the 1580 CE book Illustrium philosophorum et sapientum effigies ab eorum numistatibus extractae, by Girolamo Olgiati. Reprinted 1583.
An Early-Modern Scholar (From the Novel
Image by Maia Kobabe

An Early-Modern Scholar (From the Novel "The Jericho River")

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a typical scholar of the 17th to 18th centuries. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.
Early Modern Sugar Processing Equipment
Image by Dan Lundberg

Early Modern Sugar Processing Equipment

Sugar processing display, Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam Open-Air Museum, Suriname.
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