You’ve dreamt of a big family since you were a small maiden. Now the time has finally arrived: your union has been blessed by the priest and hopefully your womb will be equally fulfilled. Even though we all know all life is a gift from God, a miracle and mystery, there are some things you …
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The holidays are over and even the Christmas tree has left the house. Although that’s a bit sad, it also makes room for new experiments in historical cooking! Because our fridge is still overflowing with all kinds of snacks we still need to finish, I wanted to make a recipe consisting of ingrediënts I already …
Sad news has reached us today that our beloved Queen Philippa, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, has died. As we know, the queen has been occasionally ill. Earlier last year she was said to have been pregnant. Insiders of the court tell us that the already weakened queen had a stillborn baby. After this …
December 16, 1572 A reliable source let us know today, that there has been an uproar in the province of Holland last monday. In the city centre of the Hague, loud noises could be heard last monday evening. During a speech by the Grand Pensionary of Holland, spectators heard rattling, ticking and whistling noises. People …
Women come in every size and shape, and all of them are beautiful. It’s not easy for women like us however, the women of the twelfth century, to follow todays’ fashionable nobles. We’re being confronted with their paintings in churches and palaces. We see the straight, long legs of beautiful noblewomen, with broad hips, a …
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Most people have the same color of the eyes as their parents do. Some people have an in between version of their parents eyes. Did you know the way your eyes look can tell you something about your mood? In the middle ages, people used to believe that the body consisted of four humors: Blood, …
(For the actual recipe, see below)I’ve been interested in Medieval cooking for a long while. Imagine being able to travel back in time with at least one of your senses.. But I never had a good reason to really try it. But this blog gives me many reasons to try new things, so I’ve started …
You know how it goes.. It’s the hundreth day in a row in which you wake up with a headache. You take some willow bark from your medicine collection. In the kettle on the fire you boil it with some herbs. Exhausted you sit down at the kitchen table to take little sips from your …
Do you suspect your lover has been shot by elves? This article gives three hands-on tips on how to fix it!
