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How to become rich in the Middle Ages without being born a noble – there was a way out!
Getting rich in the Middle Ages was extraordinarily difficult if you weren't born into wealth, but a handful of people ...
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Why getting sick in the Middle Ages was absolutely terrifying – "There was no escape!"
The Black Death may be the most infamous disease of the Middle Ages, but medieval people faced an astonishing number of other ...
“If I am middle-aged, I would have to live to be ___ years old.” We’ve all seen or heard these statements. After age fifty, the numerical object of the verb “to be” gets ridiculous. Except for the ...
Many of the traditions we cherish during the Christmas season — singing carols, decorating with greenery, and exchanging gifts — have origins far older than we might imagine. These beloved customs are ...
Jorge Luis Borges’s essay “Beatrice’s Last Smile” opens with a daring assertion: “My intention is to comment on the most moving lines literature has achieved.” In the “Paradiso,” the third part of his ...
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