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Paper-Thin
One of the questions we have about the numerous books that were created in the Middle Ages is: how did they turn animal skins into parchment of exceeding thinness? Skin stretched to make parchment [ source ] Simple answer? We don't know. The pages are so un...
One of the questions we have about the numerous books that were created in the Middle Ages is: how did they turn animal skins into parchment of exceeding thinness? Skin stretched to make parchment [ source ] Simple answer? We don't know. The pages are so un...
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The Gentle Prison
We saw here how Charlemagne captured his ex-father-in-law, King Desiderius of the Lombards, and imprisoned him in the Benedictine Abbey of Corbie. Sticking your political enemies away in a monastery was an efficient and humane way to eliminate them from the...
We saw here how Charlemagne captured his ex-father-in-law, King Desiderius of the Lombards, and imprisoned him in the Benedictine Abbey of Corbie. Sticking your political enemies away in a monastery was an efficient and humane way to eliminate them from the...
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Archeological museum in Antalya. Wonderful place with many excavated monuments from Perge.
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The King of All Birds
The wren, O the wren, is the King of All Birds. On St. Stephen's Day he got caught in the furze. So goes a medieval carol. But why would the diminutive—though disproportionately loud—wren be the king of all birds? The Christians of the Middle Ages had a sto...
The wren, O the wren, is the King of All Birds. On St. Stephen's Day he got caught in the furze. So goes a medieval carol. But why would the diminutive—though disproportionately loud—wren be the king of all birds? The Christians of the Middle Ages had a sto...
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A Bit About Guilds
Guilds, companies of folk who follow the same occupation, are associated with the Middle Ages. They actually existed in the Roman Empire. Called collegia , they were authorized by the government, who used the structure to impose taxes on their professions. ...
Guilds, companies of folk who follow the same occupation, are associated with the Middle Ages. They actually existed in the Roman Empire. Called collegia , they were authorized by the government, who used the structure to impose taxes on their professions. ...
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Was the Ancient city of Rome bigger than what it was thought?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/10/the-discovery-of-a-6th-century-b-c-show-that-ancient-rome-was-bigger-than-thought/
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/10/the-discovery-of-a-6th-century-b-c-show-that-ancient-rome-was-bigger-than-thought/
www.witharomanguide.com
#romeprivatetours
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Do you know the intoHistory Pinterest account with some boards that may interest you: Historic Accommodation, Period Arts & Crafts, Period Atmosphere, Enchanting Heritage Buildings, Heritage Skills, Stay in History, Heritage and Modernity, Heritage Melancholy... See http://www.pinterest.com/intohistory/
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