Life in the Middle Ages

Along with the mistaken belief that medieval people thought the world was flat , one of the most persistent myths about the Middle Ages is t...

Tomatoes and potatoes are a major staple of the modern American diet.  It's September as I write, and the crops of both have just come i...

In the modern US, hunting is not considered an elite activity.  One tends to think of country folk and good old boys going hunting, often be...

As I noted earlier in my post on health and hygiene, we don't know how lucky we are to live in an era of modern medicine.  Essentia...

The early church worried a great deal about heresy.  For most of the early Middle Ages no one gave the topic much thought.  But starting in ...

Most people, including me, identify castles with the Middle Ages, even though, as I discussed earlier , castles were really only a feature o...

You have certainly heard that "everyone" before Columbus thought the world was flat.  This is however not true.  It is in fact wil...