Life in the Middle Ages

 Ethiopia, in eastern Africa, has been Christian for longer than most of Europe.  The area was never part of the Roman Empire, but missionar...

 As I've discussed before, miracle stories were very much part of the elite culture of the Middle Ages.  The stories were written by hi...

Medieval churches could be places of sanctuary.  That is, malefactors could hide out in a church and be (sort of) safe from attack.  It wasn...