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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Was cannibalism practised during the Crusades?
A special investigation by the Templar Knight blog into medieval allegations that human meat was eaten by soldiers during the Crusades
Read MoreHuge plague pit discovered in London – Black Death victims
There’s now no doubt that a grisly discovery in London is a mass grave of Black Death victims from the 14th century. For those of you in the United States and elsewhere, there has already been news and documentary coverage…
Read MoreLondon – the filthy medieval city revealed
If you live outside the United Kingdom – you may have missed this BBC series on Filthy Cities. Literally – how filth molded many of our modern cities. This episode was about London and how after a big rise in…
Read MoreStrange medieval graffiti in an English church
St Mary’s church in Ashwell in the English county of Hertfordshire is one of those beautiful medieval churches that dots the countryside. You can access its website here. The tower is unusually thick, built in the fourteenth century, with a…
Read MoreHow the plague ravaged medieval London
You could spend a ghoulish holiday in London searching out its plague pits and forgotten cemeteries – if you wanted to. Good way to start would be to buy the book ‘Necropolis’ which is an excellent primer on where to…
Read MoreSeason of the Witch – Nicholas Cage and the Templars
Just downloaded this as couldn’t bring myself to see it in the cinema after some pretty bad reviews. So what do I think? Well, it starts with the trial of three witches on a bridge. They are cast off said…
Read MoreHorrible ways to die five hundred years ago
The BBC has run an article online today about how recorded cases in Tudor times of people dying in rather unfortunate ways. This included a maypole falling over, a woman picking cabbage leaves by a moat and tumbling in and…
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