Tag: middle age
Rothenburg: Why foreign tourists are attracted to the crime museum – Bavaria
Foreign tourists do not find the German Museum, Checkpoint Charlie or the Green Vault most appealing – but rather the Medieval Crime Museum in a town in western Central Franconia.…
“The Queen of the North” in the cinema – culture
At dusk, at the height of the crisis, the queen rides to the mist-shrouded cliffs. She stands on the edge with her garment billowing and screams into the autumn storm.…
Column “Nothing New” – Culture
Of all the ideas people have had about the afterlife, that of Saint Theresa of Lisieux, who lived in Normandy in the last third of the 19th century, is particularly…
Landshut: armaments, high-tech from the Middle Ages – Bavaria
A knight’s armor can withstand a lot. Sword Swipe? A blow with the hammer? No problem. But dappers with greasy fingers, they ruin even the finest armor. Someone, Joachim Rogos…
Nuremberg: The work of the executioner Franz Schmidt – Bavaria
From a very special point of view, Franz Schmidt – posthumously probably the most notorious executioner of the old empire – even wore humane traits. At least that’s how it…
Film “The Last Duel” in the cinema: “Me Too” anno 1386 – culture
An abuse charge caused such a stir in France in 1386 that it became a state affair. Marguerite de Carrouges accused one of her husband’s comrade-in-arms of rape. The accused…
Nördlinger Ries: Luxurious grave finds pose a mystery – Bavaria
Of course, Swabia is inherently a blessed country, but for archaeologists, this region must now feel like a kind of gold mine. Spectacular archaeological finds regularly come to light there.…
Felicitas Hoppe’s new novel “The Nibelungs” – Culture
Felicitas Hoppe could not have suspected this when she realized her long-term resolution to retell the Nibelungenlied – that the “triple G”, her catchy abbreviation for Kriemhild’s brother trio Gunther,…