During the Middle Ages, hospitals began to flourish throughout Europe, as well as where the religious orders (Templars and Hospitallers) arrived. They were linked to monasteries or orders (such as the Jerusalem hospital of the Order of the Knights of Saint John) and staffed mainly by monks or cleric
As you already know that I like time travel, I suggest you travel to the deserts, rivers, jungles, steppes and plains of Asia, which housed some of the most representative civilizations in all of history, to visit 6 castles in ruins. Okay, okay, I know that to see these castles you dont need to trav
In the 10th c. A.D. jihadists were not just a local threat, but a tangible reality from todays bloody Turkey-Syria border to the entire Mediterranean. The fanatical Arabs had also expanded into Italy, threatening Rome as well, supported by opportunistic Christians. In the second half of the 9th c
Overshadowed by the deeds of his son Aníbal , unparalleled military genius who will have plenty of space in this section, the founder of the Bárcidas dynasty (Barqí¤ means the thunderbolt in Canaanite) deserves to be treated with dignity. It emerged as a great rival of the Roman Republic and was the