Most history books are about kings, politicians, wars and the rulers and shakers who shaped the world of our ancestors.Luckily these days there’s a lot more attention for what life was really like for the common people, the housewives, teachers, shopkeepers and soldiers.I’ve always been more interested in that side of history and I feel … More Book review: Land of thieves, by Janna Coomans (2025)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Let’s review a kids book from 2017 called “Gross facts about the Middle Ages”.Why am I doing this to myself?The cover alone is promising…You can … More Book review: ‘Gross facts about the Middle Ages’ (2017)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. If you find this book in your kid’s school library, get it removed, it’s so bad.I’m just going through a few of the history pages … More Book review: ‘I wonder why, Book of knowledge’. by various authors (2006)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Today I’ll review ‘Life in Medieval Europe, fact and fiction’ by Danièle Cybulskie. When I read this in the introduction, I knew I was going … More Book review: ‘Life in Medieval Europe, fact and fiction’ by Danièle Cybulskie (2021)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Book review! Well technically, it’s more an exhibit guide than a book, but close enough. It is about the medieval section of the Römerthermen Zülpich-Museum … More Book review: ‘Von der Badstube zum Badekabinett’ by Daniela Rösing (2014)
This book is often mentioned during online discussions about the history of hygiene, usually by people who haven’t even read it but who blindly believe CheatGPT or Grok because these LLM’s often mention it.So of course I had to go read it.Here’s my review, I’ll go through the book and share some of the most … More Book review: ‘Clean, a history of personal hygiene and purity’ by Virginia Smith (2008)
I love history books that are all about a specific subject, it shows that a historian has become obsessed about one thing and that they’ve likely spend more time than is healthy researching it.Which is of course a good thing because it can result in the ultimate publication on the topic and I think that’s … More Book review: ‘The medieval pig’ by Dolly Jørgensen
I recently read ‘Het middeleeuwse openbare badhuis’ by Fabiola van Dam, I read it twice. I realise it is not available in English and VERY specific, but it had some interesting stuff in it I want to share with you anyway, so here we go. Oh if you’re a history book publisher, check this book … More Book review: ‘Het middeleeuwse openbare badhuis’ by Fabiola van Dam (2020)
I’ve just finished reading ‘Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities’ by Carole Rawcliffe, Professor of Medieval History, University of East Anglia.More about the book here. If you still kind of belief medieval folks weren’t into bathing and didn’t mind living in towns were people just chucked waste into the streets, … More Book review: ‘Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities’ by Carole Rawcliffe (2013)
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