The Catholic ChurchÂ
In its fight against heresy the Church did not find the preachers of the order of Franciscans and Dominicans effective. The Church...
Discovery
The Antikythera mechanism was discovered inside a shipwreck, 50 meters under water near the Greek Island of Antikythera. This shipwreck was found by a...
The stare of the Byzantine EmpireÂ
No doubt that the restoration of 1261 significantly weakened Byzantine defensive power in Asia Minor. This weakened period of...
The Emperor and the PublicÂ
Due to the specific authority of the Byzantine Emperor, it is very difficult to describe his relationship with the general...
Typography was invented twice: once in China and Korea and in medieval Europe. In China, printing was invented, according to some data (Julien, "Documents...