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The Harsh Life of a Medieval Farmer
It has been argued that during the Middle Ages, up to 85% of the population were peasants. Their working day was long, hard, and extremely difficult. For some their day of backbreaking labour could ...
A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ...
Lyle and Erik Menendez continue to serve life sentences in prison for the brutal murders of their parents on August 20, 1989. Thirty-five years later, the case of the Menendez brothers has ...
SINGAPORE – Pioneering civil servant Lee Ek Tieng, an important figure in the development of Singapore’s clean and green movement, died on April 6 at the age of 91. He was cremated on April 8 ...
“The middle is disappearing.” The retirements of the three Democratic senators – Peters of Michigan, Tina Smith of Minnesota and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire – illustrate the challenges ...
PAS has questioned BN’s Ayer Kuning candidate’s active involvement in politics while working as a senior civil servant under the Education Ministry. According to PAS information chief Ahmad ...
In addition to the youth who is hospitalized, two of the three other suspects are juveniles, ages 16 and 17, according to the sheriff’s office. None of the juveniles’ names was immediately ...
[SINGAPORE] Pioneering civil servant Lee Ek Tieng, an important figure in the development of Singapore’s clean and green movement, has died aged 91. He was cremated on Apr 8, following a private wake ...
“The Middle Ages” comprises works located between points in time, whether the bounds of the literal Middle Ages, or middle age in an individual sense, or a moment of societal shift from one ...
Just as they do now many people in the Middle Ages journeyed for business, pleasure, and religious reasons. But unlike today people had just two options when travelling in the medieval world.
But before that April 3 letter arrived, Harvard officials had already shaken up the leadership of the university’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies and halted two other Middle East–related programs.