Europe’s Middle Ages

Europe’s Middle Ages covered the span of 500 CE – 1500 CE, the part of history between the Classical, Medieval, and Modern periods.

• Child Soldiers Past and Present

  Historians have referred to children in the Middle Ages as “little adults” and children at the time were routinely involved in conflict. The “rights of the child” are relatively contemporary, however, children continue to be recruited and trained at very young ages in a practice woven deep in the history of many cultures.

• A Burial Fit for a King: the Discovery of the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship

  Sutton Hoo was a private estate in Suffolk until owner Edith Pretty encouraged digging, which led to remarkable historical findings of a king’s burial.

• A Shadowy Monarch: In Search of King Raedwald

  Who was King Raedwald? Recent finds, including the Sutton Hoo burial ship, shed light on the mysterious figure in the kingdom of East Anglia.