The Denizens of London's Royal Menagerie
Many visit the Tower of London each year to see where the royals once lived… and died. But few realize that the castle was also the home...
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Lady Kimberly
- Jun 6
- 3 min
Killer Rabbits & Comedy Sketches
Killer rabbits were not an idea introduced by Monty Python. Rather, they were such a common medieval trope that even minstrels of the...
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Lady Kimberly
- May 2
- 2 min
Rare Medieval Find at Maine Estate Sale
Who hasn’t imagined stumbling across a bargain item at a yard sale and realizing that what you are looking at is a rare medieval antique?...
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Lady Kimberly
- Feb 22
- 2 min
CA's Medieval Times Dinner Theater Union Strikes
Following a series of unsuccessful wage negotiations, the unionized workers at a California Medieval Times Dinner Theater have gone on...
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Lady Kimberly
- Feb 16
- 7 min
Chaste, Obedient, Modest: The Ideal Medieval Woman
Throughout the Middle Ages, women were instructed through formal books of courtesy to be subservient, humble, virginal, and obedient to...
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Lady Kimberly
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
Spectacular Anglo-Saxon Treasure Uncovered
Excavating a site for housing development in the UK, builders stumbled across a rare find that has flabbergasted historians. While...
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Lady Kimberly
- Dec 1, 2022
- 1 min
Bed Burials: Mystery Solved
Why were the deceased sometimes buried in their beds during the Middle Ages? It’s been a mystery, until now. From the 5th to 10th...
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Lady Kimberly
- Jul 22, 2022
- 3 min
NJ's Medieval Times Dinner Theater Performers Unionize
To improve benefits, safety standards, and even increase pay, performers at the popular Medieval Times Dinner Theater in Lyndhurst, NJ...
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Lady Kimberly
- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
Hildegard von Bingen Speaks Once Again
Have you ever wondered what it was like to live the life of the medieval nun, writer, and composer Hildegard von Bingen? Psychic medium...
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anjuli26
- Jun 21, 2022
- 3 min
How to Get the Libido Pulsing, Medieval Style
During the Middle Ages, how to induce desire in one's mate was top of mind for many people. The answer? Read on… According to the...
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Lady Kimberly
- May 20, 2022
- 2 min
An Explosive New Medieval Find… Literally.
An 11th-century vessel found in Jerusalem may have been used by the Arabs to confuse and scare the Crusaders, centuries before gunpowder...
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anjuli26
- May 11, 2022
- 2 min
Scottish Witches: "So Sorry"
Over four centuries after the passage of the 1563 Witchcraft Act, Scotland has finally issued a formal apology to Scots accused of—and...
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anjuli26
- Apr 22, 2022
- 3 min
The Shroud of Turin is Actually a… WTF?
A British historian has proposed a new theory about the origins of the Shroud of Turin that will challenge everything you think you know...
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anjuli26
- Apr 11, 2022
- 2 min
Rare Find Emerges from Notre Dame Rubble
Archaeologists were recently surprised to find something quite unusual as they dug through the wreckage at Notre Dame. By Ellen...
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Lady Kimberly
- Mar 31, 2022
- 2 min
Rent Was Once Paid in A Rare Red Spice
New evidence shows that during the Middle Ages, the college masters at Cambridge accepted payment for rent in a rare, red spice. By Dinah...
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Lady Kimberly
- Feb 12, 2022
- 2 min
Mystifying Weather Event Described by Medieval Monk
One of the rarest and least understood weather events ever encountered was described as a “marvelous sign” by a 12th-century Benedictine...
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Lady Kimberly
- Jan 20, 2022
- 1 min
The Surprising Size of the Medieval War Horse
A recent study shows that the average size of a medieval war horse was shockingly petit. According to a team of zoologists in the UK who...
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Lady Kimberly
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
Not All is What Seems at Medieval Church Excavation
A team of archaeologists excavating the ruins of a medieval church built near Aylesbury, England, recently found something truly...
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Lady Kimberly
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Students Build Truss for Notre Dame Cathedral
Using medieval building techniques, this summer, college students constructed a massive wooden roof support for the reconstruction of...
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Lady Kimberly
- Aug 2, 2021
- 6 min
Legendary Swords of History
Excalibur, Durandal, Hrunting, Joyeuse: the names of the world’s most famous swords carry a mystique that rings down through the ages. by...
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