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Ancient Rome

The Glamorous Lives of Ancient Rome’s Vestal Virgins

posted on : August 6, 2020 posted by : nicolvalentin 0 Comment

What made Rome great? Military tactics? Strong leadership? State-of-the-art weaponry? Maybe it was a fusion of all these things. Ask an Ancient Roman, however, and they might give some credit to the gods and goddesses. Vesta in…

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England,Medieval

Was Robin Hood Just a Story or Was He Real?

posted on : June 5, 2020 2 Comments

Robin Hood. It’s a name that immediately conjures up that spritely outlaw fighting for those laboring under the yoke of injustice. It sets our imagination off down wild woodland paths and into the thicket. It takes us where…

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witelligence

How to Behave at the Court of Versailles

posted on : March 6, 2020 1 Comment

If you’ve ever daydreamed about how wonderful it would be to live at Versailles, let me let you in on a little secret: It was a lot tougher than you might think. Things in the modern world are very…

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Medieval

The Man Who Rebuilt King Arthur’s Castle

posted on : February 20, 2020 0 Comment

It’s May of the year 1233 and Richard, Earl of Cornwall, younger brother of King Henry III, is getting ready to purchase some land. In exchange for three manors, he will be the lucky owner of a small parcel…

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Medieval

Were People In the Medieval Period Clean or Not?

posted on : February 6, 2020 0 Comment

Dirty bodies, rotting teeth, soiled clothes; if these are the things that come to mind when you think of hygiene in the Middle Ages, think again. Dirt was far from fashionable. People might not have been slathering hand sanitizer on…

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