The Mappa Mundi, completed by monk Fra Mauro in 1459, is the compendium of all the geographical knowledge of the time and is arguably the greatest medieval map of the world. Video by Anna ...

Wind Rose detail from the “Portolan Atlas of the World” (1587) Photograph by Prisma/Album Medieval maps were usually constructed using a wind rose (a diagram showing the frequency, strength ...

Mighty warhorses, as richly adorned and armoured as their knightly riders, are an immediately recognisable icon of the ...