The Middle Ages is typically not a period known for its great empires. However, looking a bit deeper reveals that there were in fact many medieval empires, all hiding in plain sight.
Theme: Unseen empires
- Rhiannon Garth Jones, 'An age of empires - The unrecognised powers that ruled the medieval roost'.
- Alex Harvey, 'Before the first Vikings - Weaving an imperial origin story'.
- Billy Duff, 'The "state of the sea" - Venice's medieval maritime empire'.
- Rhiannon Garth Jones, 'A forgotten power - The Umayyads' medieval empire'.
- Shankar Kashyap, 'Temples of power - How sacred architecture built an empire'.
Features:
- Jonathan H. Jones, 'Tenochtitlan - The Aztec city of power and blood'.
- Conor Robison, 'Brandishing a spear - The Battle of Halidon Hill'.
- Robert Jones, 'The Battle of Lake Peipus - Echoing through history'.
- Talia Bega, 'Hero or villain? - A fight for the crown of France'.
- David Golab, 'Continuing tradition - Merovingian military matters'.
- Lucie Laumonier, 'A dangerous experience - Giving birth in the Middle Ages'.
- Saaleha Iqbal, 'Robert's Chronicle - A book of bestselling prophecy'.
