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Food & ingredients available in Medieval Europe before contact with the Americas
It is sometimes difficult to comprehend that many of our most favourite and common foods and spices were not available to ‘the old world’ till after Europeans found their way to the Americas.Yes, once upon a time we somehow managed to survive without potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco and many more delicious things.And yes, till the spice… Read more
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Finding a war orphan
On some photos of the liberation of the Netherlands I found this little black girl and I needed to know more about her, who she was, what her life was like, what happened to her. I haven’t found her but did discover quite a bit. A history detective thread on Twitter that I turned into… Read more
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