Med grundloven i 1849 mistede den danske adel sine forrettigheder, og Lensafløsningen i 1919 betød at de danske godser mistede den helt centrale økonomiske, politiske, sociale og kulturelle rolle, som de hidtil havde indtaget i danmarkshistorien. Ikke desto mindre har vi fortsat i Danmark en adel[...]

Monasteries were important cultural centres in the Middle Ages. Here, classical authors were copied and studied, new music and new sermons were composed, and new standards from abroad were introduced and spread throughout an ever larger Europe. Monks and nuns created European networks, connecting th[...]

Between 1347 and 1352 an unknown and deadly disease, only much later known as the Black Death, swept across Europe, leaving an estimated 30-50 % of the population dead. Contemporaries held various views as to what was the final, ultimate cause of this disaster. Many, probably most, thought it was Go[...]