Record · Medieval world · Europe
Was Charlemagne surprised by his coronation in 800?
Four accounts of Christmas Day 800 disagree on who planned it. Einhard wrote Charlemagne would have stayed away; the court annals recorded an acclamation.
· AD 800Medieval world Europe
Europe in the medieval world (500 – 1500). A thousand years of kingdoms, caliphates, steppe empires and trading cities between the fall of Rome and the voyages that joined the hemispheres.
Record · Medieval world · Europe
When were Vikings in North America? A solar storm says AD 1021
Wood cut at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, dates to AD 1021 by a radiocarbon spike from a 993 solar storm. It is the cutting year, not the arrival year.
· 1021
Record · Medieval world · Europe
Where did the Black Death start? Tombstones near Issyk-Kul
Ancient DNA from graves dated 1338 near Lake Issyk-Kul, in what is now Kyrgyzstan, put the Black Death's source strain at the root of the plague family tree.
· 1347