Life in the Middle Ages

 Modern cities have rats.  So did medieval cities.  The typical rats of European and now American cities are the black rat and the brown rat...

 How does one become a writer?  My first published novel, some 35 years ago now, was  A Bad Spell in Yurt .  It was however far from the fir...

 Medieval people were a whole lot like us.  This shouldn't be a big surprise.  One can talk to grandparents or other relatives who grew ...

  We take buttons for granted.  They fasten our shirts, our coats, our waistbands.  They're now most commonly made of plastic, but they ...

Linen was the standard cloth for any medieval clothing not made of wool.  Linen is still in use today but has become far less popular, mostl...

  Since the "flat earth" delusion seems to be making a comeback on social media, it's time to reiterate :  people in the Middl...

 Pretty much all of us have too many clothes.  (Yes, I'm looking at me here.). It's hard to avoid. We needed something for a special...