Tag: middle Ages
Review: Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel “Lapvona” – Culture
Ottessa Moshfegh is something like the top of her class in contemporary American literature. Since her first novella “McGlue” from 2014, an odyssey through the craggy inner life of a…
Lauren Groff “Matrix”: Isle of Women – Culture
Of Juliana Liebert What do you think of when you hear the words medieval, monastery and Roman? Right, to Umberto Eco. With her novel “The Matrix”, however, the American author…
Pentiment: In this video game, a Nuremberger has the leading role – Bavaria
In April 1518 things are actually going quite well for Andreas Maler. His masterpiece, an illustration for a monastery, takes shape. In addition, painters, whose work has taken them to…
Bavaria: How a painter determined in the Middle Ages – Bavaria
In April 1518 things are actually going quite well for Andreas Maler. His masterpiece, an illustration for a monastery, takes shape. In addition, painters, whose work has taken them to…
Middle Ages: The mysterious life of Walther von der Vogelweide – Society
Opponents of vaccination and separatists occasionally gather at his feet in Bolzano. It doesn’t bother him, he stands there as he has stood there since 1889, a symbol for a…
Ampfing: where to put the hemp? – Bavaria
Where exactly the real battle took place near Ampfing or near Mühldorf or near Erharting has actually been clarified, to the detriment of Ampfing and Mühldorf. Irrespective of this, the…
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…
Catherine Called Birdy on Amazon Prime: Getting Married? Nope, better not – culture
A provocative success series, rumbling performances, one or the other Shitstorm – Lena Dunham is a controversial figure. The filmmaker became known about ten years ago with the indie film…
RB Bardi’s novel The Emperor / The Magi and Death – Culture
The doctor Max Schur recorded what Sigmund Freud read before his death in exile in England in September 1939. In early December 1938 the book “The Emperor/The Magi and Death”…
Ansbach district: archaeologists find 1,400-year-old folding chair – Bavaria
Appreciated today as a space-saver, it was once a sign of power and dignity: Archaeologists in Middle Franconia have discovered a folding chair that is around 1,400 years old. The…