Here's a post for all of those days that you sit back and think, “The contemporary world is horrible. read more
Most of the terrible things that happened in the Middle Ages were outside of their control. The Black Death, Mongol invasion, Vikings, etc. Urban development stalled after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire because there simply wasn’t enough manpower or population to sustain the Roman urban culture. read more
The Middle Ages, also known as the medieval period, lasted in Europe from the 5th to the 15th centuries, and many aspects of this time were rough, to put it mildly. read more
They were painted in the late thirteenth to early fourteenth century, and were notable because they are some of the earliest use of perspective in the West. I have since learned that they may not have even been painted by Giotto. read more