Here are the recipes for cakes of all sorts, which seem to have been part of the early celebrations of All Saints and All Souls
Category: Medieval Cultural History
Names, Sprigs, Feathers, Tartans and Kilts
Names starting with Mac, sprigs and feathers sported in the bonnets as well as kilts and tartans are all part of the Scottish brand. But what is the story behind?
The Scottish Clans
The Gaelic word clan literally translates as children, offspring or descendants. But highland clanship not only denotes extended families with a common ancestor; it also evokes a sense of belonging to a special place: the land of the clan
The Misty Landscapes of Glencoe
Scotland is filled with magnificent views of misty landscapes. Sometimes called the last wilderness of Europe. Nowhere is this more pertinent in Glencoe
Braveheart
In the film Mel Gibson’s Braveheart famously shouted freedom, while being racked to death at the front of the Tower of London
The Battle of Bannockburn
The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was the most significant Scottish victory in the War of Scottish Independence and by many hailed as the culmination of the forging of an independent Scottish Nation
Misty Scotland
When did Scotland merge from the mists of pre-history? How did the people North of the Firth of Forth begin to think of themselves as Scots?
The history of Early Medieval Scotland
The history of Early Medieval Scotland is no longer just a history of the distinctive tribes: Celts, Picts, Vikings or Anglo-Normans
How to Plan a Medieval Christmas
A quick-list for the last-minute organizers of a Medieval Christmas...
Saints and Souls
Between 1024 and 1033 the monks at Cluny began commemorating the dead souls on the day after All Saints
Souling
Medieval traditions like the distribution of soul cakes at the root of Halloween...
First Book of Fashion
In 1530 Matthäus Schwarz from Augsburg, was man in his prime: slim, smart and successful...
Europa Jagellonica
Art and culture of the dynasty of the Jagellonians 1386 -1572…
Glass at Glastonbury
In AD 680 Glastonbury Abbey ran the first glass furnace in Britain
Dressing Up
Dressing Up by Ulinka Rublack tells the fascinating story of how clothes in the 16th century were used in order to imagine a new and frightening world