I love pets, I love the Middle Ages, so how could I resist this book! As with most of my book reviews I’ll just share some bits I found interesting and talk a bit about what I think here and there, if needed. I will also share a few photos of my pets being a … More Book review: ‘Medieval pets’ by Kathleen Walker-Meikle (2012)
The annoying thing about studying the Black Death (besides having to read about lots of horrific things of course) is that new discoveries are being made all the time.Thanks to new scientific possibilities and archaeological finds much of what we thought we knew about the most impactful disasters in human history has been turned upside … More Book review: ‘The Black Death’, by Thomas Asbridge (2026)
I was just randomly looking through some medieval books, as one does, when I discovered that a bunch of these French books for some reason had lots of pictures of bridges with people going over them.They’re so funny and fascinating to me, the art seems to depict regular, common people during their daily activities.No heroes, … More Medieval lives on medieval bridges
A lot of people say that the Vikings had very good hygiene and that this was rare and unusual in medieval Europe.A lot of other people say that the Vikings were vile and disgusting and that this was common and normal in medieval Europe.Both these contradicting perspectives are based on two single sources, one Christian … More Viking hygiene according to Ahmad ibn Fadlan
A lot of people say that the Vikings had very good hygiene and that this was rare and unusual in medieval Europe.A lot of other people say that the Vikings were vile and disgusting and that this was common and normal in medieval Europe.Both these contradicting perspectives are based on two single sources, one Christian … More Viking hygiene according to Chronica Joannis Wallingford
Found this a while ago and rather enjoyed looking up some of the names on it, so I thought it might be interesting for you too.Just imagine how wild a night out would have been there & then. Earl “Snake Hips” Tucker in action; Crooner Harlan Lattimore & Don Redman and his band in action … More A night club map of Harlem, 1932.
There are so many myths & misconceptions going around about the Black Death that I thought it might be a good idea to put a bunch of facts together.The topic seems to be extra popular among the creators of AI slop nonsense and they generally keep repeating the same old rubbish, so this article may … More The Black Death – everything you need to know
The internet is currently being flooded by a tidal wave of AI videos, every day more and more are uploaded, most of them are very bad, probably because not just the visuals but also the research was done by an LLM or by a human who didn’t spend as much time doing research as they … More AI review: Chloe VS History
This article was originally (partially) 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. just finished ‘A Plague Tale: Requiem’.A young woman tries to save her little brother from a rat & plague related curse. I’ll share my … More Game review: ‘A Plague Tale: Requiem’ (2022)
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 … More Food & ingredients available in Medieval Europe before contact with the Americas
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