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The Days When Fashion Was Only for the Rich

posted on : October 1, 2020 posted by : nicolvalentin 0 Comment

In today’s world, the only thing that limits what you wear is the size of your wallet and the depth of your closet. Yet the freedom to dress how you please wasn’t always something you could take…

école d’histoire,Medieval

How Cumbersome was Medieval Armor?

posted on : August 20, 2020 0 Comment

The knight in shining armor. Whatever you might think of his social skills, you’ve got to admit; wearing all that gear had to be a tough gig. I mean really, how does a guy manage in all that metal…

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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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…

Medieval

A Primer on Keeping Warm in the Medieval Period

posted on : December 11, 2019 4 Comments

Modern life tends to go on as usual despite shifting temperatures, but what about people in the medieval period? How did the weather affect them, and how did they manage to keep warm? Keeping warm, Medieval style You might…