A close companion of Saint Boniface, Lull became Archbishop of Mainz after him in the 8th Century. He also re-founded the monastery in Hersfeld. At the annual festival, which attracts thousands of ...

Located in the desert sands near the Nile in modern Sudan, the ancient culture of Nubia played a decisive role in shaping Egypt from the eighth century B.C., serving as that kingdom’s 25th ...

Martin Heijdra has pointed out to me that Perushek's account may refer to either of Princeton's two Nara-period manuscripts, so it is not completely certain if GM 220 or another eighth-century ...

Swift and deadly, the Vikings dominated the seas of northern Europe from the late eighth century to the 11th. Sails were adopted in Scandinavia by approximately the seventh century. Only fragments ...

The Old Town of Corfu, on the Island of Corfu off the western coasts of Albania and Greece, is located in a strategic position at the entrance of the Adriatic Sea, and has its roots in the 8th century ...

These Vikings were also the great international traders of the 9th and 10th centuries: ...