The book presents a series of essays on the policies of the German kings (who bore the title of Holy Roman Emperors from 962) in Italy, Burgundy, France, Den...

This book contains almost everything that is known about the Grand Duke of Kiev Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh - about how his contemporaries imagined him a...

Among the mysteries of Russian history, a special place is occupied by the mystery of the death of the two sons of the Baptist of Rus' Vladimir Svyatoslavich...

The anthology presents monuments of Latin-language historiography of the 11th–12th centuries, relating to the popular genres of deeds and chronicles in the M...

Internecine wars were a characteristic phenomenon of the Middle Ages: in this way representatives of the ruling dynasties defended their interests. The most ...

Dynastic wars, long-term confrontations between entire ruling families are almost the norm of the Middle Ages. Money, power, influence... intrigue at all lev...

Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarotti are names known not only to those interested in the Renaissance, but to literally every more or less educated p...

The book is devoted to the study of the initial stage of development of inter-princely relations in Rus' in the last quarter of the 10th - first quarter of t...

The book tells about the life path of one of the most famous princes of Ancient Rus' - Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh (1053–1125). Monomakh is the only anci...