Search Results for “Medieval” – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Sat, 19 Sep 2026 01:48:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Search Results for “Medieval” – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Unearthing the Lost Port of Roman London https://brewminate.com/lost-port-roman-london/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 01:48:03 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=194943 Decades of excavation along the Thames uncovered Londinium’s timber quays, warehouses, vessels, and imported cargoes, revealing how Roman

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]]> Destructive Yet Indestructible: Love-Madness and Divine Love in the Middle Ages https://brewminate.com/medieval-love-madness-divine-love/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 01:13:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=234658 From Lancelot and Elaine to Romeo, Juliet, and Ophelia, medieval and Renaissance literature imagined love as a force

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]]> Beyond Ledgers: Reading Material for Medieval London Craftsfolk and Merchants https://brewminate.com/what-medieval-london-merchants-read/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:56:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=213840 Wills made medieval merchants seem narrowly devotional, but inventories and manuscripts reveal Londoners reading literature, chronicles, practical guides,

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]]> Woven Illusions: Fashion and Mixed Fabrics in Early Modern Venetian Crete https://brewminate.com/mixed-fabrics-fashion-venetian-crete/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:40:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=216504 Marriage records from Candia show how seventeenth-century Cretan brides adopted mixed fabrics that resembled costlier textiles, using fashion

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]]> When the Renaissance Went Retro: The Art of Antoniazzo Romano https://brewminate.com/retro-style-italian-renaissance/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:08:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=222614 Antoniazzo Romano combined Renaissance naturalism with the gold grounds and frontal figures of medieval icons, revealing an Italian

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]]> Language Defying an Empire: Amrita Bazar Patrika and the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 https://brewminate.com/amrita-bazar-patrika-vernacular-press-act/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:08:42 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=278416 The Vernacular Press Act targeted Indian-language newspapers. Amrita Bazar Patrika responded in English, preserving its dissent while reducing

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]]> A Censor Who Published News: Roger L’Estrange’s 17th-Century Restoration Press Regime https://brewminate.com/roger-lestrange-restoration-press-censorship/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:57:44 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=278272 As both press censor and news publisher, Roger L’Estrange turned royal authority into publishing advantage, while rival officials

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]]> A Charlatan and a Cancer Claim: Harry Hoxsey’s War with American Medicine https://brewminate.com/harry-hoxsey-suppressed-cancer-cure/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:16:25 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=277970 Harry Hoxsey never produced credible evidence that his herbal tonic cured cancer, but every prosecution helped turn medical

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]]> The Top Medicinal Herbs Used Throughout History https://brewminate.com/the-top-medicinal-herbs-used-throughout-history/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:07:25 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=277764 People relied on plants to treat sickness long before modern pharmacies opened their doors. Early civilizations experimented with

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]]> The Plague Crossed the Door: Ibn al-Khatib and the Medieval Case for Contagion https://brewminate.com/the-plague-crossed-the-door-ibn-al-khatib-and-the-medieval-case-for-contagion/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:58:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=277640 During Granada’s Black Death, Ibn al-Khatib argued that plague followed people, garments, and possessions, forcing observation into conflict

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