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The Middle Ages is a periodisation of European history, encompassing the period from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century to the Renaissance in the 15th century.
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Did cows in Medieval times have calves in spring or all year round?
London historian John Stow, writing about the good old days of his childhood (1530s) recalled being sent to buy milk from a farm just outside the City:
at the which farm I myself in my youth have …
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At what point did noblemen stop being the backbone of the military?
In England the the Parliamentarians' New Model Army of 1645 was arguably the first state army, not controlled by the monarch or nobility. It comprised mainly professional full-time soldiers rather tha …
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How would prospective members join a medieval European guild?
I only know about the London guild system but his family would arrange it because it required a considerable payment to the master. Contracts were drawn up by the relevant guild then confirmed at the …