Lithograph by I.D. Sytin, Moscow, 1894. In medieval Eastern Europe, which had escaped the penetration of the Romans, the dragon was still potent, and the Christians made the greatest dragon paintings ...

In medieval societies, the dragon was classified within the same ... This can be seen in paintings from the Christian catacombs in Rome and in reliefs found on early Christian sarcophagi.

Students in my medieval history courses often wonder whether historical reality can be gleaned from medieval cinematic fantasy. I tell them that fantasy does not aspire to historical verisimilitude.

But it also has a number of unusual details, including a drooling dragon-dog and a small “bawdy ... Saints Louis and Margaret looks like many paintings of its era at first glance, and contains ...

But it can reflect medieval conflicts, values and norms. The first season of HBO's House of the Dragon exemplified this. Its narrative, as noted by co-creator George R. R. Martin, drew inspiration ...