14 Facts About Medieval Europe

Medieval Europe writers divided history into periods such as the "Six Ages" or the "Four Empires", and considered their time to be the last before the end of the world.

Medieval Europe set up a kingdom marked by its co-operation between the Italians and the Ostrogoths, at least until the last years of his reign.

Medieval Europe covered the lack of military personnel by developing an extensive system of border forts.

Medieval Europe triumphed and the empire recovered all of its lost territories in the east in a new peace treaty.

In Northern Medieval Europe, cities shrank, while civic monuments and other public buildings were raided for building materials.

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Goods like furs, walrus ivory and amber were delivered from the Baltic region to western Medieval Europe, contributing to the development of new trade centers in East Anglia, northern Francia and Scandinavia.

Medieval Europe emerged as a major supplier of house slaves and slave soldiers for Al-Andalus, northern Africa and the Levant.

Medieval Europe created an alphabet, likely the Glagolitic script, for it.

Medieval Europe came to persuade Pepin to attack the Lombards whose expansion menaced the city of Rome.

Medieval Europe's successors continued to struggle against the papacy as well as the German nobility.

Medieval Europe's court was famous for its scholars and he was often accused of heresy.

Northern Medieval Europe remained outside Christian influence until the 11th century or later, and became a crusading venue as part of the Northern Crusades of the 12th to 14th centuries.

The trauma of the plague led to an increased piety throughout Medieval Europe, manifested by the foundation of new charities, the self-mortification of the flagellants, and the scapegoating of Jews.

The Ottomans expanded into Medieval Europe, reducing Bulgaria to a vassal state by 1366 and taking over Serbia after its defeat at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389.