When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was much more complex.

When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was much more complex.

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(MENAFN- The Conversation) When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 ...

Winter in a peasant village, painted by the Limbourg brothers and published in the medieval illuminated manuscript 'Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.' Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images ...