This copy of a medieval manuscript illustration shows a peasant using a very modest version of the heavy plow. Larger plows would be equipped with wheels and would require twice as many oxen and a substantial crew. Medieval fields were characteristically very long and narrow because peasants wanted to plow the longest furrows possible before[…]
Medieval townsfolk needed very different sorts of technologies than did rural farmers, and they eagerly adopted tools of all sorts when they became available. By Dr. Hans Peter Broedel Graduate Director, Associate Professor of History University of North Dakota Together with generally good weather and the rapid clearing of arable land, the new modes of[…]
Christopher Columbus is depicted here in his only state-sponsored, albeit non-authenticated, portrait, painted by Alejo Fernández between 1505 and 1536. / Photo by Manuel Rosa, Wikimedia Commons Cristóbal Colón – hero or villain? Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 10.07.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief Introduction Christopher Columbus, commonly rendered in Spanish as Cristóbal Colón (1451 – May 20, 1506)[…]
On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain with intentions to find a new route to Asia but instead set off new Spanish imperial expansion. By Dizzanne Billy / 10.10.2017 oday, the United States of America recognises Columbus Day. A day which commemorates Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas. On August 3, 1492, Christopher[…]
Hippocrates, the “father of medicine” / Public Domain By the 5th century BCE, there were attempts to identify the material causes for illnesses rather than spiritual ones. By Mark Cartwright / 04.11.2018 Historian Introduction In ancient Greek medicine illness was initally regarded as a divine punishment and healing as, quite literally, a gift from the gods. However, by[…]
Dated to the New Kingdom (c. 1570 – c. 1069 BCE), and specifically to c. 1200 BCE, the text is written in demotic script and is the oldest treatise on anorectal disease (affecting the anus and rectum) in history. / Photo by Ibolya Horvath, British Museum, Creative Commons The history of medicine is a long and distinguished one, as[…]