Tag: medieval
Haar near Munich – Medieval Christmas market canceled again – Munich district
Medieval fans have to be patient. The organizer of the Christmas market planned in Haar in the style of minnesingers and jugglers has not found enough participants, exhibitors and sellers.…
Police call 110 “Witches burn”: Greetings from the medieval market – media
Just in time for Halloween, particularly old spirits rise in this one Police call 110 from MDR. A police chief speaks the sentence “We have a problem with a witch”…
Rothenburg ob der Tauber: The most beautiful squares in the medieval city
Rothenburg ob der Tauber The most beautiful squares of the medieval city Rothenburg’s history goes back to the year 960. © saiko3p/Shutterstock.com From castles to witches’ houses, from snowballs to…
Archaeologists discover medieval remains of nuts and figs – Bavaria
Excavations in Swabia give archaeologists insights into the dietary habits of people in the Middle Ages. During the excavations in the center of Monheim (Donau-Ries district), the scientists found numerous…
Yorkshire: Flooded more than 100 years ago: severe drought uncovers forgotten medieval village
You only see these spectacular images every few decades. The village in Yorkshire, UK, which was actually flooded, was uncovered by the extreme heat that is currently prevailing in Great…
Ancient wreck: Archaeologists recover tombstones from a medieval ship
Watch the video: 750-year-old ship discovered – Underwater archaeologists find medieval tombstones on England’s oldest wreck. It is a special excavation site for the underwater archaeologists from the University of…
Medieval torture devices exposed by historian
03/29/2022, 10:01 am 5 min reading time Torture was a common practice of punishment and interrogation in the Middle Ages. But she wasn’t always as cruel as she is said…
Medieval longbows just as deadly as today’s infantry weapons
archeology Medieval longbows just as deadly as today’s infantry weapons The Bayeux Tapestry contains many military details of the time. This passage shows Harold II being struck in the eye…
Black magic, fetal hearts, more than 500 victims… A medieval serial killer terrorized the Alsatian countryside
We are in 1582, in Basel, Switzerland. In his publishing house, Samuel Apiarius is busy printing “two new news items”. There is no doubt about the size of the typeface:…
A medieval pilgrimage route soon to be classified by Unesco?
Mining basin, belfries, Amiens cathedral … Will the Via Francigena soon have to be added to Unesco’s world heritage in the Hauts-de-France region? It is the dream of the European…