Questions tagged [early-medieval]
The Early Medieval Period of European history lasted from the 5th century to the 10th century.
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What was Charlemagne's pound? (489.6g, 408g, 411.36g, 459.35g, 483.33g, 367.2g, 435g, something else?)
John Munro (c. 2001, all bold font mine) states:
He [Charlemagne] created a new pound weight that was virtually 1.5 times heavier than the Roman pound: according to Fournial, it weighed 489.6 grams (...
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Does any early Gnostic Christian scripture mention Hindu deities?
As per this article titled Indians: Bardaisan of Edessa on Indian ambassadors’ tales and the Brahmans (early third century CE) an early Christian saint Bardaisan of Edessa wrote about Brahmins and ...
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Are there any medieval manuals relating to castle building?
I'm doing research on the medieval castle, specifically what was required to build one. I'm particularly interested in learning about this from a medieval perspective, so I wondered if there are any ...
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What is the meaning of the word "vallaque" in the French Wikipedia page on Avignon's history?
The Wikipedia page Histoire d'Avignon, contains a passage refering to the Frankish king of Austrasia Sigebert I. He was seeking access to the sea, so that he forced the conquest of a piece of land ...
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Who is 'Chlodebaudo/Chlodebaud' in the Merovingian-era Clovis I genealogy & Charlemagne ancestry, supposedly mentioned in a Salic Law manuscript?
In Henry H. Howorth's The Ethnology of Germany.-Part VI. The Varini, Varangians, and Franks.-Section II (1884), p.228 he writes:
We must remember also that in a genealogical table attached to an old ...
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Under what circumstances did the Vikings leave for North America?
Under what circumstances did the Vikings leave for North America? Since they were known to settle only in and around Europe, there must have been a strong reason for crossing the Atlantic.
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What was the difference between bows/crossbows in the Carolingian Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate in the year 813?
Context: Two characters are teasing each other about what they view to be the "superior" form of ranged combat. One's from the Carolingian Empire (Lombardy region specifically), and the ...
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Where and when did the legend that the Auld Alliance dates back to 809 AD begin?
The Auld Alliance
Apparently there is a legend that the treaty of 1295 named the Auld Alliance actually dates back to an agreement made between Achaius, a legendary king of Scots, and Charlemagne, ...
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Leading up to ‘fall’ of western Roman Empire did advanced quarrying engineering stop or gradually fade?
I know Roman Empire didn’t suddenly disappear it was more gradual.
Romans used advanced techniques to build their fantastic buildings.
I guess to expand on my question I've seen examples of advanced ...
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How did medieval peasants decide where to build their houses?
When a person moved out of their parents' house, they needed a house. How was it decided where this house would be located? For example, did they just pick the next available spot on a path? Were ...
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Why didn't pre-Norman English kings build stone town walls?
This question is about defensive city walls, not longer walls such as the Great Wall of China or Hadrian's wall.
After the Norman conquest, many defensive city walls were built by Norman kings in ...
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Did the Roman government attempt to hide the collapse of the empire? [closed]
Did the late Roman government lie about the borders of their empire? Has this ever been argued by Roman historians?
This question is different from this one.
Michael Kulikowski refers to the Notitia ...
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How did the layout of a Medieval European village typically change as it grew into a town?
Some of the research I've done so far
WordlbuidingSE: How did the layout of a village change over time?
This question was too broad, it's now more specific:
It is not about settlements that were ...
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Is there any evidence of naval ramming in the 9th and 10th century North Sea?
In Bernard Cornwell's 'Sword of the Kings', his main character uses the tactic of ramming to sink an enemy ship before engaging in hand-to-hand combat with surviving ships which get leashed together. ...
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How was law enforcement handled in medieval China before professional police?
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How was law enforcement handled in large US cities before professional police?
China (Zhōng Gúo 中国) has had very large cities with more than a million people since the early ...
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