When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A hoard of silver coins minted in the Carolingian Empire about 1,200 years ago has been unearthed ...

A new hoard of 13 silver denarii coins minted in the 9th century during the Carolingian Empire have been unearthed by archeologists near the village of Biskupiec Pomorski in northeastern Poland.

Charlemagne is a pivotal figure in European history, known for establishing a vast empire in the 700s and influencing the formation of the French monarchy and German dynasties. He famously compelled ...

EUROPE CAME INTO the world as a political idea in the year 800, or so many historians have long argued. That was the moment when Charlemagne, the leader of the rising Carolingian dynasty, received the ...

This episode looks at the Carolingians, First Universities, Cathedrals and the coronation of Charlemagne. This episode looks at classical art, The Olympic Games, the Gods on Olympus, Greek Philosophy ...

The shadow empires: imperial state formation along the Chinese-Nomad frontier / Thomas J. Barfield -- Written on water: designs and dynamics in the Portuguese Estado da Índia / Sanjay Subrahmanyam -- ...

The Ewing Lecture Series was established in 1973 to honor Robert H. Ewing for his 27 years of teaching and service at Lycoming College. A revered teacher and friend of the College, his life was ...