I’ve recently been reading a series of articles on race, racism, and the Middle Ages. They’re a fascinating read, and I recommend taking a look. The articles were written in response to the...
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Modern humans like a good laugh, and medieval humans were no different. When you imagine a medieval scene, you might think of dirt, suffering, plagues, and violence.That’s fair enough, there was quite a...
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I came across this selection of images yesterday and, for some reason, I can’t stop thinking about them. They’ were slipped together by @ceciliaazcarate of M&C Saatchi NY and, for me, they’re simply spellbinding....
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Doom paintings, or just simply “dooms” are works of art depicting the Last Judgement. The main function of these impending doom paintings was to put the fear of god into folk who frequented churches. Fear is a...
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I just finished writing a post on medieval monsters and had loads of cool monster images left over. I can’t keep this kind of quality to myself so get stuck in… The first...
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