Portrait of Charlemagne In his work he Vita et gestae Caroli Magni , Eginardo, secretary of Charlemagne , informs us, among other things, about culinary tastes of the Holy Roman Emperor. The king was a man of appetite, who ate a lot and had rather strong tastes in cooking. Lover of
A deed from the notary in the Middle Ages The following article was written by Mariangela Lavecchia , Doctor of Law already author, always for Pills of History, of this article https://www.pilloledistoria.it/8674/storia-antica/dal-baratto-alla-compravendita. Medieval notary The
A trial during the Inquisition When the Inquisition was created , or the ecclesiastical institution founded by the Catholic Church to fight, through a special court, the heresies ? Foreshadowed within the Council of Verona (1184), it was only with Pope Innocent III , at the beginning of
A risque image of the Middle Ages. The horns were widespread even then and it was in the Middle Ages that the expression put the horns was born To the post https://www.pilloledistoria.it/4383/medioevo/perche-persona-tradita-detta-cornuta, which I published on Pills of History some time ago,
The medieval investiture from which the saying put yourself in someones hands takes its origins The interesting post the following was written by Emiliano Amici and published on his website sguardosulmedioevo.org; it concerns the origins of an expression that we all use. Medieval invest
Wolfang Amadeus Mozart Speaking of historical characters who love animals, a topic that is particularly close to my heart and which, in fact, I have dealt with several times in my blog, on the latest issue of the magazine Focus History ( 112, February 2016 ) I found a nice list that inc
Medieval medicine. Medieval “concoctions” were able to cure staphylococcus and styes An informative and entertaining article by Emiliano Amici on some medieval remedies for common ailments. You will be amazed at how shrewd and skilled they were at the time in the use of herbs and concoctions.
Maria di Francia intent on studying The Middle Ages it is probably the historical period on which an exaggerated amount of prejudices continues to persist, which obviously end up invalidating a truly truthful and objective reading. We think of the woman and her role in society :who has nev
Medieval banquet. At the time, birds, including cranes, were considered delicious foods Some dishes considered delicious in past centuries, would make your skin crawl today, just think of meat dormouse (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/6340/storia-antica/cucina-dellantica-roma-carne-ghiro) and a
The crane was a very popular animal in the kitchen of the 1300s The food tastes they are closely linked to the culture of peoples and are subject, like everything else, to profound changes over time. We should not be surprised, therefore, if in past centuries it was a completely normal and app
Surgical treatment of hemorrhoids in the Middle Ages (the painting refers to the Salerno School) It must have been terrible to suffer from hemorrhoids (and not only) in the Middle Ages ! The lack of suitable scientific knowledge and the inadequacy of the tools available, certainly did not ma
Dante Alighieri In 800 Cesare Lombroso, the controversial inventor of criminal anthropology, attributed the frequent falls and dream visions of which Dante Alighieri claimed to be often prey to epilepsy, but according to a recent study, the great poet was instead narcoleptic. narcolepsy
Fresco depicting Dante Alighieri A trivial mosquito killed our greatest poet: Dante Alighieri died of malaria, a disease at the time anything but rare and, unfortunately, almost always with a fatal outcome. The facts, more or less, took place as follows. For some time Dante had been living
Scenes of cannibalism from a few centuries ago A few days ago I received a report of a book on a difficult and certainly unusual topic: cannibalism in the Middle Ages . Eating the flesh of other human beings, at least under certain circumstances, was apparently neither a very rare case nor ve
Birth of the pandoro Melegatti Together with panettone, the pandoro it is undoubtedly the most popular Italian dessert on Christmas tables. The history of him is long and full of anecdotes and legends. If its current appearance, soft and rather tall, dates back to the 19th century and deri
A medieval dinner Also this year, like the past one, for the whole Christmas period I will propose on Pills of History a series of ancient Christmas recipes , a topic that, apparently, the users of the site like a lot and always has great success. Lets start with the garlic cake recipe ,
Medieval banquet. The rich used enameled dishes containing large quantities of lead, dangerous to health Being rich is not always an advantage, today as in the Middle Ages. In medieval times, only the richest could afford to eat using enameled plates and glasses , beautiful to look at but dang
At the table in the Middle Ages. The carbonata presented in this post is the one proposed by the great chef Maestro Martino One more recipe of the great medieval cook Maestro Martino :why not try it on these holidays? You will need: 8 slices of salted bacon about ½ cm thick sugar cinnamon
Old packs of Motta panettone On the panettone many legends and rumors have arisen, so much so that even on the origin of the name there are different versions and all equally difficult to verify (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/7877/storia-moderna/breve-storia-del-). One of the few certainties
Late medieval mens fashion In the Late Middle Ages , starting from the Three-Fifteenth Century , fashion, which until then had not known strong differentiations between the two sexes, began to emphasize gender identity and became a distinctive trait for men and women. The males abandoned t
The people of the British Isles have been acting for centuries with a humor that Monty Python would not be ashamed of. Naked cooks. A spy licensed to make you laugh. Absurd deaths. Strange situations with jogging dogs and a bricklayer in the lead role. See how the English at every point in their his
MI5s mission is to keep the UK safe. The release of their top-secret files proves how they have done since the First World War. On Thursday, April 10, 2014, to mark the 100th anniversary of World War I (WWI), MI5 made top secret files from WWI available online. They included information about s
Public lighting in the 19th century in Milan For centuries the streets at night have represented a serious danger to people, since the darkness not only favored accidents and falls, but also the bad guys, who with the darkness, were more pushed to kill and rob. The advent of electricity everyt
The struggle with the invisible enemy - bad breath - lasts as long as human civilization exists. The condition known today as halitosis has been treated in various ways, sometimes effectively, and sometimes on the contrary ... The scale of the problem is much greater than it might seem. Here are