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Mos Teutonicus (English: Germanic custom) or less commonly Mos Gallicus (English: Gallic custom) [1] was a postmortem funerary custom used in Europe in the Middle Ages as a means of transporting, and solemnly disposing of, the bodies of high-status individuals.
Medieval sources describe them as the ceremonial capitals of various Irish kingdoms, where kingly inaugurations, assemblies and athletic games were held. Archaeological investigations show that many royal sites were culturally significant for thousands of years before recorded history, and they often include ancient monuments such as Neolithic ...
The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300. The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages , which ended around AD 1500 (by historiographical convention).
Medieval Dynasty is a survival-strategy role-playing game developed by Render Cube and published by Toplitz Productions in 2021. [2] The game is part of the publisher's Dynasty series, where players, from the perspective of a character, establish a new dynasty within a thematic setting—in this case, from the viewpoint of common people in the Middle Ages.
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici), commonly known as the Knights Templar or the Order of the Temple (French: Ordre du Temple or Templiers), were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders.The organization existed for approximately two centuries in the Middle Ages.
The greatest of the free counts was Renaud III, who, from 1127, used the title franc-comte as a sign of independence of German or Imperial authority, but was forced to submit to Conrad III. His daughter and heiress, Beatrice , married Frederick Barbarossa and united the Anscarid inheritance with that of the Hohenstaufen .
The structure of the first order, the clergy, was in place by 1200 and remained singly intact until the religious reformations of the 16th century. The second order, those who fight, was the rank of the politically powerful, ambitious, and dangerous. Kings took pains to ensure that it did not resist their authority.
The Ring of Brodgar, part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, as the World Heritage Site on Orkney, Scotland is called, is the other most famous site in Britain. Ritual landscapes in Ireland—such as Brú na Bóinne (another WHS), Tara and Uisneach—include ancient tombs, stone circles, standing stones, enclosures, avenues, and natural features.