What Grocery Shopping Was Like in the Middle Ages
Medieval Cherry Cheesecake
How Did Medieval Women Style Their Hair?
In the medieval period, society attached a strong importance to appearing healthy and clean. Skin, hair and cleanliness was a measure of your health, and your status, and for women,…
Did People In The Medieval World Believe in Ghosts?| Medieval Afterlife | History Hit
Ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night! Dr Eleanor Janega delves into the medieval phantasmic to find out what their restless dead can tell us about the…
Why William the Conqueror Made Doomsday Book – Old Sarum 1086
On 1 August 1086 at Old Sarum, William the Conqueror received the Doomsday Book and a realm-wide oath. This film uncovers why the survey really existed: power. From Gloucester Cathedral…
What Medieval Fast Food Restaurants Were Like
Apple, Fig, and Raisin Rissoles
Inside The Misunderstood World Of Medieval Drinking Culture
Alcohol was an essential part of medieval life. In one of London’s oldest pubs, Ye Old Mitre, Eleanor discovers the origins of the humble pub with beer expert Pete Brown,…
How The Medieval Nobility Was Born
In 1066, a new group of masters arrived in England. They didn't just bring swords; they brought a new way of life that would transform the English landscape forever. This…
Why French sounds so unlike other Romance languages
Sound changes left French unlike Latin, Italian, Spanish or Romanian.
The Name of the Rose (film)
The Name of the Rose is a 1986 historical mystery film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the 1980 novel of the same title by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery stars…
Medieval Corned Beef
Corned beef’s popularity fell in medieval Ireland due to most of the good corned beef being sent overseas to England. Pork was cheaper to raise, so many ate bacon and…