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Old-Fashioned Baby Names Old-Fashioned Baby Names
Are you looking for an unusual name for a baby, but don't want to follow the current trends? Why not look to the past for names? Some of the names listed be...
Updated 221 days ago | Old-Fashioned Baby Namesamerican baby names
10 Tips to Look More Medieval 10 Tips to Look More Medieval
Are you a medieval re-enactor who wants to get beyond basics? Are you ready to test your sewing skills? Are you ready to spend a little cash? Do you want to...
Updated 230 days ago | 10 Tips to Look More Medievalabout medieval clothing
The Black Death The Black Death
This is an article that I wrote for a history magazine for homeschooled middle and high school students. It contains a brief overview of what the Black Deat...
Updated 238 days ago | The Black Death14th century
Medieval Dress for the Casual Re-Enactor Medieval Dress for the Casual Re-Enactor
I am a medieval re-enactor. This page contains information on making a reasonable attempt at medieval clothing. I originally used some of this information t...
Updated 232 days ago | Medieval Clothingboys medieval clothing
Tips on “Farmville” (A Facebook Game Application) Tips on “Farmville” (A Facebook Game Application)
Are you looking to achieve maximum profits in minimum time on Farmville? Here is a listing of the best things to plant/tend to make maximum money. Please n...
Updated 238 days ago | Farmvillebest things to plant on farvmville
Rebellious Flapper Fashion Rebellious Flapper Fashion
This article examines how fashion and politics were intertwined in the 1920's, and how the flapper was the first in a long line of defiant women trying to c...
Updated 252 days ago | Flapper Fashion1920
7 Tips for 1940’s Glamour 7 Tips for 1940’s Glamour
I have been in love with the hair and makeup from the 1940's for as long as I can remember. I was just a kid when I watched Vivien Leigh play Scarlett O'Har...
Updated 237 days ago | 7 Tips for 1940’s Glamour1940's hair
Modern Costume Patterns for Medieval Clothing Modern Costume Patterns for Medieval Clothing
Here is a list of costume patterns that will make reasonably good-looking medieval clothing. I haven't tried making most this stuff up, but have found that Butterick,...
Updated 238 days ago | Medieval Patternsbutterick
The Story of Griselda The Story of Griselda
The Story of Griselda was extremely popular in the middle ages. Everyone knew it, just as modern people know the story of Cinderella or Snow White. I includ...
Updated 238 days ago | The Story of Griseldacharacters in story of griselda
Medieval Children Medieval Children
There is a lot of misinformation about children in the middle ages, some of which is bandied about by seemingly-reputable books, which should know better. This...
Updated 238 days ago | Medieval Childrenchild bride
Hand-Stitched Eyelets
This is a text I use to teach eyelet-making at re-enactments. The information for making hand-stitched eyelets is especially useful to historic re-enactors,...
Updated 238 days ago | Hand-Stitched Eyeletscostume
Vampires - An Urban Legend of the Middle Ages?
When I was writing my senior history thesis, my advisor asked me how widespread the belief in vampires was. Who all believed in it? Did they actually believe...
Updated 238 days ago | Vampiresurban legends
Medieval Prayers
In the middle ages, prayer was not only an everday occurence, but time was actually measured by the monastic prayer cycle. Today, however, even when we find...
Updated 251 days ago | Medieval Prayerscatholic
Horsekeeping for Beginners
When my husband and I set out to get our first horse, there was surprisingly little information on the web, it seemed, geared towards beginners and normal p...
Updated 239 days ago | Basic Horsekeepingdraft
Sins and Virtues
This list of sins and virtues comes from the 14th century book, "The Goodman of Paris," and reflects the medieval view on sins and virtues (although, for th...
Updated 238 days ago | Sins and Virtuesavarice
The Plague
This is material from a lecture that I give in my re-enactment organization. Part I focuses on the myriad of elements that came together to make the Plague...
Updated 238 days ago | The Plague
All Things Gruesome: Torture
This is part of a series of articles I published for the newsletter of my medieval re-enactment group. As the title implies, the content is gruesome to modern...
Updated 314 days ago | All Things Gruesomemedieval torture
How to Achieve Higher Squidoo Rank
Admit it: you've become obsessed with raising your Squidoo rank. You see those numbers in your dashboard and you want to make them even better. But how? Wh...
Updated 237 days ago | How to Achieve Better Squidoo Ranklens
Medieval Medicine Reemerges
One thing that people accept as fact about the middle ages was that medical technology was, well, pretty much non-existent. Medical practices were crude and,...
Updated 236 days ago | Medieval Medicine Reemergesbloodletting
The Iconography of Medieval Saints
Before the advent of the printing press, most people could not read. Even the wealthy were oftentimes not literate. In the case of the English, if they coul...
Updated 235 days ago | Iconography of Medieval Saintsjoseph of arimathea
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