
Romanesque: c. 1000-1300

Inspired by Italian-style architecture abroad, the king of Munster in Ireland commissioned this Romanesque church in the 12th century

Since the Middle Ages, the wall paintings from Sant Climent, Taull have dazzled, enchanted, and captured the imaginations of visitors from across the world.
The Painted Apse of Sant Climent, Taüll, ...

This Cistercian abbey in Catalonia is one of the largest in Spain.
The Cistercian Poblet Monastery

The development in the 12th century of Mudejar art in Aragon resulted from the particular political, social and cultural conditions that prevailed in Spain after the Reconquista.
Teruel, mudéjar architecture of Aragon

These two castles represent the most significant examples illustrating the exchange of influences and documenting the evolution of fortified architecture in the Near East during the time of the Crusades
Krak des Chevaliers

Through the evidence of manuscript production we can trace the history of Normandy and the region’s close ties with England before and after the Norman Conquest of 1066.
Manuscript production in the abbeys of Normandy

The idea of place in the early Middle Ages transcended space and time.
Mapping the world

Spiral columns, carved zig-zags, round arches—at Durham, the rhythmic Anglo-Norman Romanesque pulses with life.
Durham Cathedral

How did motte and bailey castles helped William I consolidate his conquest of England?
Motte and Bailey Castles and the Norman ...

In this video we explore the second Norman conquest, the takeover of the English Church, and its architect Lanfranc.
The Second Norman Conquest | Lanfranc’s Reforms

The power that this sculpture has is precisely in the fact that it's not always concerned with naturalism and it's really concerned with telling a story.
Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and ...

In 1866, the Victoria & Albert Museum commissioned an Italian plaster maker to journey to Spain to make a copy of a monument of Romanesque art. See how the museum takes care of it more than 150 years later.
Conservation: Cast of the Pórtico de la ...

A castle visit can be a haunting experience; the crumbling walls evoking thoughts of medieval warfare. But for historians who can read their messages, castles provide valuable evidence of life in the Middle Ages.
The English castle: dominating the landscape

What a camel in New York reveals about medieval Spain.
Camel from San Baudelio de Berlanga

The Winchester Bible is among the most magnificent illuminated manuscripts made in England in the twelfth century.
The Morgan Leaf from The Winchester Bible

An Anglo-Saxon princess founded a nunnery in the eel-filled marshy waters of East Anglia; see how it developed during the Middle Ages.
Four styles of English medieval architecture at ...

What colorful stone and stark geometry! San Miniato hovers above the Arno river; Pisa Cathedral lies in its marshes.
The Romanesque churches of Tuscany: San Miniato ...

These eclectic buildings embody the close ties between Muslim, Jewish, and Christian cultures in medieval Spain.
Medieval synagogues in Toledo, Spain

Rome’s pagan and Christian pasts merge at San Clemente, where a mosaic advertises the power of the Western Church.
The Basilica of San Clemente, Rome

1066—William the Conqueror crossed the sea, invaded England, and became king. Language and art changed forever.