Where does medieval ink come from?

Medieval writing needs ink. Where do you get it and how is it made? Credits: Gossamer Direction, Camera, Sound, Editing Kasumi Presenter Jason Kingsley OBE Tweets by RebellionJason Tweets by ModernHistoryTV Tweets by Rebellion Music licensed from PremiumBeat.

Did people have bad teeth in medieval times?

Jason, the Modern Knight, discusses medieval tooth brushing and attitudes to dental care. Can halitosis kill? Credits: Direction, Camera, Sound, Editing Kasumi Presenter Jason Kingsley OBE Tweets by RebellionJason Tweets by ModernHistoryTV Tweets by Rebellion Music licensed from PremiumBeat.

Backdrop of the Tournament Gallery at the British Royal Armouries

It’s Maintenance Week at the museum! Our amazing maintainers have been working hard in the Tournament Gallery to ensure our collections are looked after to the highest standards. Join us for a peak behind the scenes. Where to find us: ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://blog.royalarmouries.org/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom’s…

The creepiest objects at the Royal Armouries

With Halloween approaching, we uncover some of the more ghoulish items in the Royal Armouries collection, including instruments of torture and punishment, relics of fearsome ancient folklore and macabre depictions of tales most horrid. Where to find us: ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://blog.royalarmouries.org/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom’s national collection…

Royal Armouries answering questions about jousting

Ahead of our annual International Jousting Tournament, we asked for your jousting and medieval tournament related questions. Our knight in residence (and Assistant Curator), Scot Hurst has all the answers. Where to find us: ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://blog.royalarmouries.org/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom’s national collection of arms and armour.…

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Walhalla.com.pl

Polish group that connects crafting and selling reenactment accesories with organising living history events and also cooperation with museum and filmmakers as items provider. They are concerned with history from ancient Rome to II World War. Main website: http://www.walhalla.com.pl Facebook news: https://www.facebook.com/Walhallacompl Shop: http://www.walhalla.com.pl/sklep/

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Silk in the Early Medieval: History of the silk

In our article series we would like to add some points about the usage of silk textiles in the Early Medieval and in the Early Medieval reenactment. On our first article we check some interesting things about the origin of the material, and how it bacame the most desired luxury fabric in the world’s history.…