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Tastes Of History
Oct 27, 2021
Educating Romans
In ancient Rome ludus (pl. ludi) referred to a private school outside the home where a teacher (called a litterator or a magister ludi),...
Tastes Of History
Oct 26, 2021
A Brief History of Food: Sausages
The humble sausage The humble sausage is popular the world over with many nations and individual regions having their own characteristic...
Tastes Of History
Oct 14, 2021
A Century equals Eighty?
With the title ‘5 Facts You DIDN’T KNOW About The Romans’ a recent YouTube video sounded intriguing. In ascending order, the first fact,...
Tastes Of History
Oct 10, 2021
Vaguely 'Historical' Costume
We think it is great for children to dress up but many of the products for sale are, to the trained eye, rather dubious. What follows is...
Tastes Of History
Sep 27, 2021
Dispelling Some Myths: Chinese Ironworking
Hosted by the actor Danny Trejo, the US television series 'Man at Arms: Art of War', brought together martial arts experts and master...
Tastes Of History
Sep 20, 2021
Cury or Curry?
During a recent cookery demonstration at Berkhamsted Castle we were chatting to some visitors about the background and history of the...
Tastes Of History
Sep 17, 2021
A Brief History of Food: Lemons
The Lemon (Citrus limon) is a species of small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae. Believed to be native to South...
Tastes Of History
Sep 15, 2021
Edible Tudor England at Berkhamsted Castle
The motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, was built to control a key route between London and the Midlands as part of...
Tastes Of History
Sep 1, 2021
An Ancient Greek Military Odyssey
'Military Odyssey' is one of the largest multi-period re-enactment shows in the country. With over 4,000 re-enactors and living history...
Tastes Of History
Aug 30, 2021
The Recipes: Marlborough Pie
"The ACCOMPLISHT COOK, or, The whole Art and Mystery of COOKERY, fitted for all Degrees and Qualities" was first published in London in...
Tastes Of History
Aug 26, 2021
What did the Romans ever do for us? Roman Food
In Britain, many of the foods we eat today, and perhaps take for granted, were actually introduced from further afield during the Roman...
Tastes Of History
Aug 13, 2021
What did the Romans ever do for us? Naming the Months
If you are an English speaker, have you ever wondered where the names of the months of the year came from? Well wonder no longer as,...
Tastes Of History
Aug 6, 2021
How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Five
The Gunners' Equipment In Part One, where we established the background to building our replica cannon. In describing the firing drills...
Tastes Of History
Jul 7, 2021
How to: Make a simple Egyptian, Greek or Roman costume
This 'How to' guide is for those readers wishing to recreate simple yet effective historical costume. It is primarily aimed at teachers...
Tastes Of History
May 17, 2021
Dispelling Some Myths: "Blood Grooves"
There is a persistent myth about the function of a sword's fuller that it 'releases the vacuum' when the blade is thrust into a person....
Tastes Of History
Apr 29, 2021
Dispelling Some Myths: Dirty water? Drink beer!
For some reason it is often stated on popular television programmes that Mediæval Europeans drank lots of wine, ale or beer all day,...
Tastes Of History
Apr 27, 2021
Dispelling Some Myths: The Amazons
For those studying the ancient Greeks, you will undoubtedly come across tales of the Amazons, the fearsome, man-hating warrior women of...
Tastes Of History
Apr 23, 2021
Celebrating St George's Day
Today marks the 457th birthday of William Shakespeare (1564-1616). As he is famously thought to have been born and died on the same date,...
Tastes Of History
Apr 15, 2021
Dispelling Some Myths: Mediæval Peasants ate Bland Food
The first thing to note is that what people ate was heavily dependent on where they lived and at what time. For example, Europe covers a...
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