A medieval table Another gastronomic-themed article written by Emiliano Amici and taken from his blog sguardosulmedioevo.org. Mascarpone Who knows if the detractors of the Middle Ages they eat Tiramisu ... I tell you this because, always looking for interesting topics, I stumb
Parmigiano Reggiano Yes, Parmigiano Reggiano , flagship of Italian gastronomy , boasts distant medieval origins, that Emiliano Amici , with accuracy and precision, retraces in the post following. The article is taken directly from his blog, sguardosulmedioevo.org. Giovanni Boccaccio,
A medieval kitchen Im publishing this medieval cooking recipe , a salad of onions included in the Libro de Arte Coquinaria, famous recipe book of Maestro Martino ( see also https://www.pilloledistoria.it/9403/storia-moderna/ricette-cucina-rinascimentale-riso-al-latte-mandorle) direc
Women in the kitchen in the Middle Ages Below you will find the recipe original of a second course typical of the medieval era; the post is taken from the blog by Emiliano Amici sguardosulmedioevo.org. Medieval cuisine The particular name of this dish, originally from the medi
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Church of the Madonna della Grotta in Ceglie Messapica The following article was written by Pierluigi Papa , curator of the website www.brindisimedievale.blogspot.com. This is an interesting post on the beautiful rock church of the Madonna della Grotta in Ceglie Messapica , one of the most
Coat of arms of the University of Bologna, the oldest in Italy In ancient times, the Latin term universitas Meant an association of people united by the same activity or the same interest, with the very specific purpose of protecting its members. Universitas and corporation therefore, were
Cover of the book Middle Ages in the kitchen:ingredients, recipes and flavors In Pills of History I have always tried to emphasize the cuisine of the past and the evolution of tastes and gastronomic culture over the centuries, so I am happy to report the release of a book dedicated to med
Old advertisement for the Motta panettone Also this year, with the approach of Christmas, I decided to dedicate numerous posts to the topic on Pills of Stories and I thought it appropriate, to begin with, to do a little research to discover the distant origins of panettone and del pando
History of the game Seven and a half:Neapolitan cards The story of the game Seven and a half its long and interesting. How can you define a culture? One could take a definition from Treccani and to say that by culture we mean the set of intellectual knowledge that a person has acqui
Woman of the Middle Ages We are quite well informed about some aspects of daily life in 14th century Florence and we know enough of the care that women of the time devoted to their beauty . The most vain, as always, were the ladies belonging to the middle-upper class, while the commoners, wh
Young woman of the fourteenth century with a typical hairstyle of the time From the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio we learn that in Medieval Florence Saturday was the day of rest and therefore the one in which, due to the free time available, one took more care of oneself; women devoted the
Feminine beauty in the Middle Ages:women who comb their hair You would have never thought that medieval women, at least the most advanced, underwent modern beauty treatments such as peeling and hair removal? We know with certainty that this was an essential habit for many Florentine ladie
Bread in the Middle Ages In the millenary history of cooking the bread it is certainly the food with the highest symbolic value, the one for which, due to a shortage or an unjustified price increase, there have often been clashes and even important social upheavals. The origin bread , al
Preparation of pasta in the Middle Ages There has been a rumor for centuries that spaghetti, today the best known type of Italian pasta in the world, would have been invented by the Chinese and brought to Europe only in the Middle Ages, or from Marco Polo after his return from his long jou
Cuisine in the Middle Ages Each era is marked by its own mentality regarding the concepts of health and beauty , the sense of which, as it is obvious, is destined to undergo substantial changes over time. We thus discover that in the middle of the Middle Ages, the plump man was considered in b
A man suffering from myopia with glasses in the Middle Ages The fact that the term “ myopia comes from the Greek “myopos”, or “ he who closes his eyes , With reference to the typical habit of those who suffer from it of squinting the eyelids in an attempt to see a little better, attests to
Medicine in the Middle Ages:cataract operation Undergo surgery in the Middle Ages, when anesthesia real was still far from making its appearance, it must have been much worse than today, since the only remedy for the pain of patients, with all the shortcomings we can imagine, was a sponge.
Beauty in the Middle Ages:Francesco Sforza with his hair dyed jet black The habit of dyeing hair it is practically as old as man, just think Beauty in the Middle Ages:Francesco Sforza without dye to the skill in this sense of the Roman matrons, able to play with a wide range of colors to s
Human remains found under the Uffizi Gallery in Florence (Photo:cultural-diagnostic.it) Italy does not stop revealing treasures. A few weeks ago, the discovery of about 60 skeletons aroused enormous interest among historians and archaeologists. buried a few meters away from the Uffizi Gallery
Numerous privileges, belonging to the German social cream and a general reason to carry your nose a little higher than the others. The SS wives knew very well why it was worth going through the lengthy pre-wedding verification process. Women in the Third Reich did not live a rich and liberated li
The year is 1964. Traders wander around the base in Kabul and sell carpets and rugs, spices and refreshments of all kinds in a streamlined hut with cloth. The air smells like roasted chestnuts and sulaimani tea sharply against the scent of the first fresh snow, indicating the beginning of the winter
The Taj Mahal is a highlight of unique Mughal architecture, in design and structure. In addition, it is a symbol of a great love story and bond. The story is so powerful that in December 2021, a man in India replicated the Taj Mahal into a smaller-scale home. Just like with the Taj Mahal, it was his
Europe and the world have been preparing for this war for a long time. They were gearing up, although there was a common feeling that it was unlikely. The bloody experiences of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries seemed to be a sufficient lesson for the next generations. It was believed tha