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Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

The Last Medieval Pope

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Others may dispute it, but I call Nicholas V the Last Medieval Pope because he saw the Fall of Constantinople to the Turks and the end of th...
Monday, June 12, 2023

The Medieval Slave Trade, part 4

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(Parts one , two , and three .) There are several parables in the New Testament that are set in the context of a slave-master situation. The...
Sunday, June 11, 2023

The Medieval Slave Trade, Part 3

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(Parts one and two ) There are plenty of historical records of Vikings raiding for plunder and slaves, from the northern coasts of the Brit...
Saturday, June 10, 2023

The Medieval Slave Trade, Part 2

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We in the West often think of African slaves in North America when the topic of slavery comes up, as if it were a facet of the Industrial Ag...
Friday, June 9, 2023

The Medieval Slave Trade, Part 1

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We should probably start by pointing out the misleading nature of the illustration [MS. Ludwig XIV 6, c.1290-1310, from Aragon]. Depictions ...
Thursday, June 8, 2023

The Republic of Venice

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The Republic of Venice lasted from its establishment in 697 until 12 May 1797 when Napoleon conquered Venice and the last doge stepped down....
Friday, April 4, 2014

Medieval Black Slavery

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Despite the Magi including a Black king, the Middle Ages did not accept Blacks automatically. [detail from an "Adoration of the Magi...