Love and Marriage for Medieval Citizens...
When most people think about medieval marriages they are either practical, cold, and loveless, or the idealised “courtly love” of chivalric knights and damsels in distress. But what was married life a...
7 Apr 14min
The Medieval Catholic Church’s Weird Obsession With Incest...
For most, incest is seen as sexual intimacy between anyone who is related by blood, like a parent and child, siblings, or cousins. We could even extend this to anyone who has a position of responsibil...
2 Apr 16min
Roger Mortimer: The VERY Naughty Medieval Earl...
It was from a cell in the Tower of London, “in a very high up and confined place … out of sight and hearing of the world”, that Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March made his daring escape. A feudal lord,...
31 Mar 14min
Medieval Things NOT Considered Appropriate in Today's Society...
It’s easy to look at the Medieval world and see it as completely alien to the one we live in today. Many things that were thought acceptable and even pleasing then would horrify civilised people in th...
26 Mar 14min
The Most Sadistic & Bloodthirsty Man of The Middle Ages…
When most people think about Transylvania it conjures the image of Dracula and the world dreamed up in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel - a world of gothic castles, shapeshifting bats, and vampires. Some peop...
24 Mar 15min
Surviving the Middle Ages as a Teenager...
It’s hard being a teenager. Coping with raging hormones, insecurities, and acne while trying to figure out just who you are and where you fit in society is no joke. It’s not really the best time to tr...
19 Mar 14min
MORE Reasons Why You Wouldn't Last 24 Hours in The Dark Ages....
Once again we delve into the reasons why you probably wouldn’t live very long in the Middle Ages. For one reason or another death seemed to be waiting around every corner. Having dealt with war, poiso...
17 Mar 14min
Blood Eagle: A Viking Torture of UNSPEAKABLE Horror...
Vikings, eh? Bloodthirsty, vicious barbarians, well-known for their willingness to loot monasteries and murder their enemies in a variety of gruesome ways.Including perhaps the grisliest end you could...
15 Mar 11min
