The three crusades in as many years were in response to the expansion of Ottoman power into the Balkans, and became a spiritual rather than purely commercial conflict with the blessing of the Pope. Im
The accounts covering the construction of All Souls, Oxford, in the five years from its foundation in 1438 are among the most important documentary sources for English medieval building history, and
Zeami (1363-1443), Japan's most celebrated actor and playwright, composed more than thirty of the finest plays of no drama. He also wrote a variety of texts on theater and performance that have, until