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Early medieval manors were the hub of social, political, and legal activity. The lord of the manor had the final say in all matters, and his serfs or villeins were contractually obligated to provide goods and services.The manorial system eventually died out as Europe moved into a money-based...
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When A Medieval Knight Could Marry Another Medieval Knight by Eric Berkowitz Despite the risks, devotional relationships between men were common in Europe [during the Middle Ages], at least among the literate, and many of these affairs must have included sex at some point. Knights, aristocrats, ...
Read below some notable cases of saints who practicedanorexia mirabilis: Saint Marie of Oignies Born 1177, died 1213, she went to great lengths to cause herself physical pain, wanting to suffer as Jesus Christ had. She deprived herself of sleep and, when she did eat, which was very little...
Even so, merchants and business people did not run medieval communities, except in central and northern Italy and in the county of Flanders. Most towns remained small. The nobility and churchmen determined the predominant social attitudes, values, and patterns of thought and behavior. The ...
While Philip threatened a heavy fine for infractions, the prospect of losing much of their 1395 vintage would ruin Gamay growers who could not have foreseen the new orders. It's probable that many of them, staying true to the healthy medieval tradition ofpopular resistance...
(BTW, the best line I heard about those deluded reactionaries came in one of the WorldCon panels: “There were more brown people in medieval Europe than there were potatoes, and yet no one gets upset if your fantasy novel includes potatoes.” Nice.) Hugo politics aside, while I was in ...
At the end of summer 1846, there was a serious change in the political weather. Stephen Watts Kearny brought the US-Mexican War to New Mexico when he occupied Santa Fe. Kearny invited Padre Martínez and his brothers to swear American citizenship, and all freely did so. Shortly afterwards, ...
Hellas Verona is playing its final game of the season, needing a win or a draw to return to Serie A after 11 long years relegated. My new friend, The Hooligan, gives an impromptu speech before the game. "This is a medieval town," he told me. "I am medieval. I am Veronese. We'...