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Medieval Europe
3 articles tagged “Medieval Europe” on Sprinkles of History.
Europe
The Viking Age Was Also an Age of Trade and Settlement
Alongside their famous raids, Norse seafarers established trade routes, settlements, and even a short-lived colony in North America, five centuries before Columbus.
Europe
The Black Death Killed a Third of Europe — and Changed the Rest
The plague's death toll was so severe that the resulting labor shortages helped weaken the feudal system that had structured European society for centuries.
Europe
Gutenberg's Press and the Multiplication of Words
Johannes Gutenberg's movable-type press let a single workshop produce more copies of a text in a week than a scribe could hand-copy in a lifetime.