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About Medieval History
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ENTER THE MONGOLS The Mongol Invasion of Europe MEDIEVAL TIMES This Week in Medieval History The First Crusade Medieval Women Heraldry How-To's ELSEWHERE ON ABOUT Hellenistic Epigrams Racism in Europe QUOTE OF THE KNIGHT
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ENTER THE MONGOLS The Mongol Invasion of Europe
Poles still celebrate April 9 as the day they repulsed an Asiatic invasion of Europe in 1241. Their Mongol enemies saw things differently--at Liegnitz, they won their third victory in a row over a European army, all with a diversionary force of 20,000 warriors. A Military History magazine article by Erik Hildinger.
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MEDIEVAL TIMES This Week in Medieval History Charlemagne was born, Eleanor of Aquitaine died, the city of Moscow was founded and Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand issued an edict expelling all the Jews from Spain. http://historymedren.about.com/library/date/ntoday.htm The First Crusade How did centuries of war in the name of Christianity begin? Check out your Guide's brief introduction to the First Crusade, Dark Legacy, and don't miss the new Military History magazine article links at the end. http://historymedren.about.com/library/weekly/aa101397.htm Medieval Women Recent feminist studies have revealed that the place of women in medieval society was complex, significant, and not necessarily as disadvantaged as earlier believed. Here are your Guide's recommendations for the best books about life for women during the Middle Ages. http://historymedren.about.com/library/product/aatpgenwomen.htm Heraldry How-To's %
http://historymedren.about.com/library/blheraldht.htm ELSEWHERE ON ABOUT Hellenistic Epigrams Ancient/Classical History Guide N.S. Gill takes a look at the history of these concise poems during the Hellenistic Age in this two-part feature. http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa021301a.htm Racism in Europe Neil MacMaster's recent examination of racism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries is examined in this review by European History Guide Robert Wilde. http://europeanhistory.about.com/library/prodrev/aafprracismineurope.htm QUOTE OF THE KNIGHT Revenge, at first though sweet, bitter ere long, back on itself recoils.Melissa Snell
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