Tag: middle Ages
Anglo-Saxon kings were largely vegetarian – knowledge
King Ine was evidently a hungry man. At the end of the seventh century AD, the regent of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex codified in writing what he expected as…
Archaeology: Why did the Vikings leave Greenland? – Knowledge
Of Jacob Wetzel Was Greenland really as green as the name suggests in Viking times? No one knows for sure, but it’s unlikely. The seafarer Erik the Red called the…
Middle Ages: Plague in 14th Century Wasn’t as Deadly as Thought – Knowledge
Of Jacob Wetzel How deadly was the plague in the Middle Ages? How many people fall victim to an illness is not always easy to clarify, even in the present.…
Bavarian National Museum: Knight tournaments as a precursor to Olympia – Munich
Duels are fought to the bitter end, even to the point of losing a limb, and then you can still settle for a draw. This scene in the knight film…
Thomas Mann’s novel “The Chosen One” in the critical edition – culture
Of his short novels it is the shortest, but for many readers the dearest. Because Thomas Mann’s “The Elect”, published in 1951, shows everything that this writer “could” do, possibly…