How did people survive winter before central heating? Quite well, actually. Here's how to be more medieval peasant in the ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. The dream of the common person’s utopia was more than a little bit different during ...

Rodney Hilton, 85, a British historian who wrote influential works on the rise of capitalism and medieval peasant revolts, died June 7 at his home in Birmingham, England. The cause of death was not ...

Medieval peasants mainly ate stews of meat and vegetables, along with dairy products such as cheese, according to a study of old cooking pots. Researchers analysed food residues from the remains of ...

I just got out of a hot shower, and am sipping a cup of hot chocolate while I listen to music on my iPhone in my heated apartment, while I write this article on a computer that allows me instant ...

The knights in shining armor got down and dirty first day of the Riverdale Kiwanis Medieval Faire. Then, so did everyone else with peasants and a lot of others going barefoot in the mud. Torrential ...

If your lil' business has a lot of tired workers, there could be a good reason. A Stanford University professor says Americans are working longer hours than medieval peasants. "The amount of time we ...

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