Biscuits Savoiardi Would you have said the Savoyards, the famous biscuits also used for the preparation of many homemade desserts, date back to the Middle Ages? Per essere precisi alla fine del '300 ed il nome deriva da quello di Casa Savoia (also see http://www.pilloledistoria.it/7027/storia-contemporanea/il-vino-dei-savoia). La storia vuole che ad inventarli sia stato un cuoco che [...]
The words of love never go out of fashion: They were wonderful in the past, are the time Facebook and Twitter and will be in the future. The love, and to, rules the world, It gives meaning to life and constitutes one of the main leitmotif of Literature of each era. The Italian Literature in particular, includes poets [...]
The calendar is an object that is part of our daily life and we are quick to reperirne a copy near the end of the year (After the summer we will have to look for the new Calendar 2020). It is difficult to think how his story is long and complex: ripercorriamone briefly the main stages. [...]
medieval Kitchen. The slices of bread and leeks were Christmas but not only from the site sguardosulmedioevo.org, carry a Christmas medieval recipe that can easily be accommodated on the table today. To make the croutons with leeks: Take the white of the leek and cut it fine , simmer in wine, oil and [...]
Medieval Kitchen How about try the Pan Spicy Christmas? It is shortly to parties and, as every year, at this time I will return to post Christmas recipes of the past (also see http://www.pilloledistoria.it/9382/medioevo/ricette-natalizie-medievali-nucato). The following is taken from the website, History of pills partners, sguardosulmedioevo.org: It is simple and very tasty. therefore, Pan Spicy [...]
Piero de Medici, father of Lorenzo the Magnificent, say "The Gouty" Gout is a disease that afflicted many famous people from the past. He suffered, among others, Henry VIII, Medici (see http://www.pilloledistoria.it/9738/storia-moderna/perche-piero-de-medici-detto-gottoso), Luigi XIV (see http://www.pilloledistoria.it/9610/storia-moderna/luigi-xiv-vino-aromatizzato-curare-la-gamba-del-re) and perhaps Columbus (see http://www.pilloledistoria.it/8890/storia-moderna/gotta-poliartrite-reumatoide-cosa-soffriva-cristoforo-colombo). It is an acute inflammatory form that affects the joints, specially [...]
Treatment of Hemorrhoids in antiquity. In the seventh century. d.C. the Fiacro monaco proposed a cure "soft" compared to those generally in use In this post, which it refers to the Middle Ages, I wrote about how and why suffer from hemorrhoids at the time was by no means a walk: http://www.pilloledistoria.it/8681/medioevo/medicina-medievale-cosi-si-curavano-le-emorroidi. a brutal "tore up" (in the hope that the doctor was [...]
The drawing depicts Charlemagne with one of his most famous wives, Ermengarda. The monarch was an unrepentant womanizer Charlemagne, King of the Franks and skilled politician, He had a rather turbulent private life and was, as evidenced by the sources, an unrepentant womanizer. In fact large number of wives , five, Imiltrude, Desiderata, [...]
Portrait of Emperor Charlemagne. The monarch had an exceptional physical Emperor Charlemagne, according to the chronicles, He had an extraordinary physical, all that common in those days (http://www.pilloledistoria.it/1490/medioevo/laltissimo-carlo-magno). A detailed portrait of the monarch provides the noble Eginardo, Alcuin of York student, in his famous work Vita Karoli Magni, also known as Vita [...]
Charlemagne Despite the elevation of rank, Charlemagne had tastes pretty simple, also in clothing. Eginardo, Secretary of the sovereign, It informs us in detail about it, entering the following: "He was dressed in the national costumes of the Franks: to your body wore a linen shirt and linen pants; upstairs, a fringed tunic of silk and [...]
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