What did medieval peasants use instead of Plastic wrap?

Jason Kingsley OBE investigates what medieval peasants used instead of plastic wrap. Credits: Direction, Camera, Sound, Editing Kasumi Presenter Jason Kingsley OBE Tweets by RebellionJason Tweets by ModernHistoryTV Tweets by Rebellion Music licensed from PremiumBeat.

Viking’s Weekly

What’s up in Early Medieval Reenactment Upcoming events: XVI Piknik Historyczny Wikingowie i Słowianie w Bobrzy Gjallarstadir Vikingmarked Gunnes gårds Vikingatida höstmarknad 2019 Ishøj Vikingemarked 2019 Slawen- und Wikingertag Event report: Imandra Viking Fest This week’s craftsman: The Viking Store This week’s video: Testing early iron age Vimose Seax How to Sew a Skjoldehamn Viking…

Knight’s Weekly

What’s up in Middle Ages Reenactment Upcoming events:  IX Turniej Rycerski Śladami Braci Dobrzyńskich 10 Jahre Schwertkampfturnier Nürnberg Fürstenfelder Ritterspiele Xèmes Médiévales des Tours de Passy Les Fêtes Médiévales de Déols Mittelaltervergnügen Medieval Weekend at Michelham Priory Fête médiévale de Pont-Croix Event report: Dias Medievais em Castro Marim HMB at Kryal Castle by Western Wolves…

The Viking Store

Medieval reenactment products, mostly shields and helmets. Also many LARP, Cosplay and viking-themed products, primarily jewelry. Website: www.thevikingstore.co.uk Facebook: TheVikingStore.co.uk

AgeCraft

A team of craftsmen, who are experienced in the sphere of blacksmithing and medieval armor production. All armor is hand crafted, produced in accordance with the technology of armor manufacturing of olden days. At the same time, all our armor meets the safety and authenticity requirements of the HMB World Championship “Battle of the Nations”.…

What was it like to travel during the Middle Ages? Part 1: Going by Road

The Middle Ages was a world on the move. Sometimes this could mean actually picking up your whole life and moving it to another place—a “sometimes” much more frequent than traditional accounts of serfdom and feudalism would have it. For example, teenagers from the countryside sought work in cities to make themselves more worthy marriage…

Found: 2,500 Medieval Coins, and Evidence of Tax Evasion

IT’S OFTEN SAID THAT LIFE’S only certainties are death and taxes, but people have spent centuries figuring out ways to evade the latter. Look no further than a hoard of 2,528 11th-century coins recently discovered in England, which together bear witness to regime change, domestic unrest, and, amid it all, fraud. The coins were found in…