Here’s an interesting example of how misunderstanding & not properly fact checking a text results in spreading misinformation that, again, makes it seem some people of the past were scared of bathing and filthy icky boys. I had researched this before but today someone who seems to be obsessed with European hygiene and who just … More John Gabriël Stedman and his misunderstood distaste for bathing
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. This is ‘Der lästige Kavalier’ (The troublesome cavalier/”gentleman”) painted by Berthold Woltze (1829–1896): It depicts a scene most women will recognise, some men just can’t … More Art review: ‘Der lästige Kavalier’ by Berthold Woltze (1874)
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. This is ‘The Saint Nicolas Feast’ (1660s) by one of my favourite Dutch painters Jan Steen. First a bit of background information: every year around … More Art review: ‘The Saint Nicolas Feast’, by Jan Steen (1660s)
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. Game review! Time to talk about Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 (and DLCs). I got early access and a free copy, just so you know, … More Game review: Kingdom Come Deliverance II (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. Remember ‘The First Great Train Robbery’?Oh boy… It’s an 1978 film set in Victorian times with Sean Connery & Donald Sutherland:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Great_Train_Robbery I’ve watched it before … More Film review: ‘The First Great Train Robbery’ (1978)
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. Just discovered this painting on wikipedia, never seen it before, first showed up in 2023 in an auction, so it’s pretty unknown.It is a Dutch … More Art review: Dutch bathhouse scene, unknown artist (1500s)
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. Yes, I am the fake history hunter, yes I will be annoying about tiny little details, I will literally be on the lookout for mistakes … More Film review: A Knights Tale (2001)
In stead of sending a link to old threads on social media every time someone posts nonsense about medieval hygiene, I’ve decided to just collect a whole bunch of links here on this page. Yes, a lot of people still believe that Medieval Europeans rarely or never bathed, didn’t have soap, were scared of water, … More Articles, links & videos about Medieval hygiene
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