Surviving The Middle Ages as an ill Person...
What would the Medievals want with a burnt owl, a chopped-up cat, or dove faeces? How do you help a bald man with gout? Or a woman with ‘blocked menses?’ If they weren’t too complicated, most medicin...
19 Feb 10min
A Day in The Life of a Medieval Solider at The Battle of Agincourt...
It was a spectacular win for the young English King Henry V on St. Crispin’s Day 1415. And everybody loves to see a win for the underdog, a victory for the common soldier over the well-armed knight. I...
17 Feb 11min
Why You Wouldn't Want To Commit A Crime As A Viking...
Being a criminal in the modern age really doesn’t have quite the same thrill anymore – you get caught by the police, tried, and then sent to prison for a certain amount of time. The Vikings on the oth...
15 Feb 11min
The Diary of a Condemned Man's Final Day in the Middle Ages...
Alberico was many things, a friend and patron to troubadours, an Occitan poet, a mercenary, and a Podesta. But being politically allied to his notoriously cruel brother Ecelino didn’t help Alberico wh...
12 Feb 10min
What Were Medieval Pubs, Inns and Taverns ACTUALLY Like?
During the Middle Ages, ale was the most popular drink in England, and Medieval taverns, inns, and alehouses held a very important role in society, providing drink, food, and lodging to weary travelle...
10 Feb 10min
Surviving the Viking Age as a Child (Well, trying to...)
Vikings loved their kids, relying on their offspring to support them in their old age and carry on the family name. In Njal’s Saga we see how Njall chooses to die rather than live without his sons, sh...
8 Feb 11min
Why You Wouldn't Last 24 Hours in The Dark Ages....
Many people look at the Middle Ages through romantic eyes. They think about “armoured knights on lumbering steeds”, beautiful damsels in pointy hats, dragons, chivalry, and courtly love. Nothing could...
5 Feb 11min
Surviving the Middle Ages as an Old Person...
At what age was someone considered to be ‘old’ in the Middle Ages? Did greying hair automatically guarantee respect from the younger generation? Were Medievals afraid of becoming old, with all its inf...
3 Feb 10min
