Between the 12th and 13th centuries, just over 900 years ago, Bologna in northern Italy was a city full of towers, earning it the nickname of the “Manhattan of the Middle Ages”. Almost all ...
Established by the Etruscans (a pre-Roman civilization), Perugia became one of Europe’s most important centers for textile production during the Middle Ages ... forbade the city’s citizens ...
Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...