Pierre Bersuire
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Pierre Bersuire, also known as Pierre Bercheure and Pierre Berchoire, was a French author of the Middle Ages. A Benedictine, he was a translator, encyclopaedist, and the author of several works, inclu
Detail of Pierre Bersuire at work, from his translation of Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita, fourteenth century
Middle Ages
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In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to late 15th centuries, comparable with the post-classical period of global history. The medieval period
A medieval stained glass panel from Canterbury Cathedral, c. 1175 – c. 1180, depicting the Parable of the Sower, a biblical narrative
A late Roman sculpture depicting the four Tetrarchs, now in Venice, Italy
A coin of the Ostrogothic leader Theoderic the Great, struck in Milan, Italy, c. AD 491–501
A mosaic showing Justinian with the bishop of Ravenna (Italy), bodyguards, and courtiers.