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Medieval art
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Anglo-Saxon helmet
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Medieval Clock
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Medieval money
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An engraving of a medieval monk writing
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French Medieval Cathedral
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Medieval tower
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Another Medieval tower
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English Medieval castle
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English Medieval castle
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French Medieval castle
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Typical Medieval knight . . . wait a minute!
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Knight participating in a joust
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Medieval catapult
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Medieval knight's armor
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Medieval "Sword of Darkness"
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Maps of Medieval Europe
(Click to see a series of maps, depicting the
vast changes that took place during the Middle Ages)
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Picture depicting feudal life in Medieval Europe
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Another picture showing life under feudalism
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A Medieval castle
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What a typical serf looked like in Medieval Europe
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Alfred the Great, king of England
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Painting of a crusader returning home
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Crusaders fighting
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Crusaders on crusade
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Genghis Khan, builder of history's largest empire
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Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan
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Mongol Empire
(click for larger map)
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Saint Thomas Aquinas. Viewed by the Roman Catholic Church to be
the father and formulator of their doctrine
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Saint Benedict, founder of the order of Benedictine monks
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Charlamagne, crowned "King of the Romans" on Christmas day, AD
800, beginning the Holy Roman Empire, a marriage between the Roman Catholic
Church and the Frankish Empire
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Joan of Arc. Led the French in several battles against the English
in the Hundred Years' War. She was later captured and executed by the English
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Painting depicting fighting during the Hundred Years' War
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William the Conqueror. Defeated Harold Godwin and his forces at
the Battle of Hastings in 1066. This later came to be known as the Norman
Conquest
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The signing of the Magna Carta. England, 1215
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John Wycliffe: first to translate the Bible into English
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The Cathedral of Notre Dame
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Hugh Capet, first king of France
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The Moors, who overran and conquered Spain in 711
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What a Moorish warrior looked like
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