The Middle Ages is one of the three major periods in the most enduring scheme for analysing European history: Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the modern period. The Italian Leonardo Bruni (d. 1444) was the first historian to u… Se mere

Certain aspects of medieval society (including the life of women or slaves) are poorly documented, which sets the limits of the comprehensive study of the period. The systematic publication of medieval written sources beg… Se mere

The Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent during the 2nd century AD; the following two centuries witnessed the slow decline of Roman control over its outlying territories. Runaway inflation, external pres… Se mere