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So apparently eels were pretty valuable in the XIII century, a bundle of 25 dried eel sticks was equivalent to $10 in today’s currency, and you could buy a watermill for 1000-2000 sticks

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OH, I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS TIME FOR A NEW TAKE ON THE ARTHURIAN LEGENDS, BUT IT ACTUALLY ALWAYS IS! I thoroughly enjoyed the pilot, although the reactions were quite mixed if not outright negative...

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WELL… MEDIUMAEVUM IS BACK ON YOUR DASHBOARDS AFTER EXACTLY FIVE YEARS! A lot has happened in that time, but the only constant is how much I missed my followers/friends, curating content for yo...

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THE ILLUMINATED SKETCHBOOK OF STEPHAN SCHRIBER is a series of pages dating from 1494 in which “ideas and layouts for illuminated manuscripts were tried out and skills developed” by the author...

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mediumaevum : > Accepting your medieval-ish costume submissions! Let’s see you!

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Thanks so, so much! I keep trying to get to the regular posting schedule from what seems like ages ago. Thanks for sticking around, guys. I’m always here, and hopefully will find more time to p...

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Blog dedicated to the Middle Ages. Art, literature, architecture,music, general history, geography, warfare, way of living, language and culture… Enjoy! If you’d like to know more send me your e-mail address or contact details for Skype. Banner: http://aisling-r.tumblr.com

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Accepting your medieval-ish costume submissions! Let’s see you!

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Detail from one of the pages in Ars Moriendi, a 15th century manuscript made in France. Translated The Art of Dying, it consisted of a pair of Latin texts offering “advice on the protocols an...

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ANGLO-SAXON GLASS DRINKING-HORN, VII C. Excavated in Rainham, London Drinking horns are attested from Viking Age Scandinavia. In the Prose Edda, Thor drank from a horn that unbeknown to him co...

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mediumaevum : > It’s still Spooktober - you can’t stop the spoops!  >  > I’m finally enjoying this 1972 edition I picked up a few years > back, when I raided a...

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If you’re wondering what’s my mental image of Henry VIII whenever someone mentions him, this is it. Not Damian’s version in general. This particular image.

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Francesco Petrarch, accompanied by his brother Gherardo, made an ascent of 6,263-foot (1,912-meters) Mont Ventoux on April 26 in 1336, a towering rounded mountain that overlooks the Provence regi...

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You may have heard about "dos-à-dos" (back to back) book bindings that make one book turn into two, but this is mind blowing! > A 16th-century book that contains no fewer than six d...

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“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern ...

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King Richard III was born on this day in 1452.  Not many monarchs have had such tumultuous history after their death, and not many had a conclusion in a public DNA research. History takes no s...

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ACCIDENTALLY READ “DUKES” AS “DUDES”. MAKES FOR A FAR MORE INTERESTING READING - King Otto I crushes a rebellion against his rule by a coalition of Frankish dudes - 4th Dude of Dev...

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I stumbled upon this lovely charity today. They are FRIENDS OF FRIENDLESS CHURCHES. > We rescue, repair and campaign for historic churches in England and > Wales. (We) rescue and...

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You might know Rae Swon from Etsy. If not, you should now, because she made this Bosch-demon-bird costume and got on the sub. All info here  (about her upbringing, being homeschooled in an awe...

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Shakespeare in French. 

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