Philip Daileader Audio & Video

We often call them the "Dark Ages," the era which spanned the decline and fall of Rome’s western empire and lingered for centuries...

In 1000-1300, the so-called High Middle Ages, a newly invigorated medieval society experienced a revival of urban life, the birth of new philosophical, educational, and political institutions.

Were the two centuries from c. 1300 to c. 1500—an age that has come to be known as the Late Middle Ages—an era of calamity or an era of rebirth? Should we look on this time as still clearly medieval or as one in which humanity took its first decisive steps into modernity?

Some say Charlemagne was a great king, while others believe the many atrocities committed under his reign make him the first in a line of political disasters throughout Europe.

Centuries have passed since the last crusader knight laid down his sword, but the Crusades continue to hold sway over our world....