What is the middle ages time period ?
What are the commonly accepted time frames for defining the beginning and the end of the Middle Ages?
What phenomena have marked these 1000 years of history?
Cover image: 14th century miniature of a battle during the second crusade, William de Tyre, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Manuscripts Department 22495 fol. 154v.
Text by: Marina Barros Cabral. Author of the online course The medieval city – walled cities in the Middle Ages.
Next we will look at the time frames of the Middle Ages, the 3 periods of the Middle Ages and their main historical events.
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Marina Cabral
Bachelor’s degree of Dramatic arts specialization in costume design at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, teaching certificate of Visual Arts at UNILAGOS. She acted as a bilingual artistic educator in elementary education and a fashion buyer. urrently studying for a Master’s Degree in Art History, Heritage and Visual Culture at Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. Fascinated by Visual Arts, History of Art, philosophy, culture, aesthetics, heritage, curatorship and restoration. Concentration area Medieval and Renaissance art. She collaborates with Citaliarestauro.com, in the areas of History of Art and Medieval Studies.