Europe in the Middle Ages

Picturesque castles, noble knights and troubadours of the Middle Ages.

As centres of missionary activity and science, monasteries made an important contribution to progress. Here, not only theology was taught and studied, but medicine, mathematics, astronomy, law and philosophy as well. With the translation of the ancient scripts into Latin, this knowledge was introduced to the western world. However, the monasteries were not only places of devout worship and chastity - intrigues, power struggles and love affairs were not unknown to them either.

How the population in the Middle Ages survived by suffering in silence, doing services and paying taxes to the ruling noblemen.

Many medieval towns are conceived by urban planners versed in geometry.