England’s 500-year-old angel roofs are striking ... It’s thought that more than 90% of religious imagery from England’s Middle Ages was lost by the mid-17th Century.

Europe spent 1000 years in its Middle Ages after Rome fell and rebounded Around A.D. 1000. ... Here, it's the annunciation, as the angel announces to Mary, she'll give birth to the Messiah.

Dec. 13—Música Antigua de Albuquerque sets itself apart from other holiday performances with its repertoire of Christmas music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance using period instruments.

In the Middle Ages European artists and theologians shaped a new terrifying vision of Satan and the punishments awaiting sinners in his realm. Seated on a fiery throne, Satan devours a damned soul ...

"In the early Middle Ages, ... The Virgin asked an angel to bring back the doubting midwife's hands. And so it came to pass. Thousands of years later, the stories continue.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -The Middle Ages spanned 1,000 years, from about 500 to 1500. The first half was a time of relative poverty and economic stagnation. Then around the year 1000, Europe rebounded.