Before the Romans, there was another advanced civilization living in central Italy- the Etruscans. Not much is known about them, and what we do know comes from the Romans, who threw off their rule to become independent. Therefore, most of our view of them are colored by Roman attitudes, which were less than favorable. Who […]
Category: Italy
Hair care for the Medieval Woman
The Bible says a woman’s hair is her crowning glory. Because of this, it was considered a very private thing. It was fine for young girls to have unbound hair, and a maiden wore her hair completely unbound on her wedding day as a symbol of her virginity. Once a lady was married however, it […]
Renaissance Zombies
Most people are aware of the resurgence of zombies in popular culture. What most people don’t realize that there was a time in history when the streets of Italy resembled The Walking Dead. The syphilis outbreak in the High Renaissance was very close to a zombie outbreak in the most cosmopolitan parts of Europe. The […]
THE FIRST USE OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AND THE SIEGE OF KAFFA
Written on August 9, 2016 by ER at 7:02 PM | 0
Byzantium, GJ, Italy, Northern Europe, Rest of the World, Russia, Southern Europe
Byzantium, GJ, Italy, Northern Europe, Rest of the World, Russia, Southern Europe
It is recorded that by 1331 The Black Death was ravaging its way through central Asia. It was for a long time a mystery as to how exactly this plague managed to make its way to the shores of Europe but by reading ancient texts historians and biologists think they have traced its advancement to […]
Learning, Learning Difficulties and Mental Illness
Today’s effort is a bit of a mish mash. I don’t have the skill to tell a story as ER does, and I don’t have that element of controversy that AG has in his work, and I certainly cannot weave a factually detailed narrative in the way Phoebe does it. All of our brains work […]