Life in the Middle Ages

 The cathedral of San Marco (Saint Mark's) in Venice, with its surrounding piazza, is decorated with art work taken from many other plac...

 Clothes moths have been with us for a very long time.  They are mentioned in the Bible.  The New Testament urges readers to store up treasu...

 Medieval people valued silk cloth.  It was smooth next to the skin (unlike homespun wool), it took colors well, it was lustrous due to the ...