What could be better than starting the year on a healthy, joyful and gentle basis, by talking about the fact of very gloomy and relatively uncomfortable medieval cannibalism? You see, 2022 was a rotten year2023, according to our predictionsit will be worse, but when we compare to these historical events, finally… Boarf, we’re not so … Read more
Astonishing in its format, fascinating in its content and intriguing in its history, the Manuscript of the Six Ages of the World, preserved in Sion, had everything to attract the attention of historians. After more than three years of deciphering, translation, analysis and research, the 14th century work is now presented to the general public … Read more
” By frequenting the cat, we only risk getting rich. Could it be by calculation that for half a century I have been seeking his company? These words of the great writer Colette, many today could make them their own, but they could not, with some exceptions, come out of the mouth of a medieval … Read more
” By frequenting the cat, we only risk getting rich. Could it be by calculation that for half a century I have been seeking his company? These words of the great writer Colette, many today could make them their own, but they could not, with some exceptions, come out of the mouth of a medieval … Read more
He immediately declared himself, after 73 years of waiting, ready to assume his heavy destiny: the inheritance of a fortune of 370 million pounds (420 million euros), certainly modest in view of the greatest fortunes in the world. which number in the tens of billions. But if you add the 3 billion pounds (3.5 billion … Read more
Comics at Journal du Japon? No, you’re not dreaming. Usually, we don’t talk about it but… On the occasion of the release of Godzilla: The Half-Century War in June by Vestron, it’s the perfect time to see that our kaijū favorite inspires authors and illustrators in new adventures while paying homage to the different films. … Read more
A masterpiece for some, an overrated film for others, Haxan, Witchcraft through the ages has caused a lot of ink to flow since 1922, when it was released. Potemkin is re-releasing the film in a beautiful DVD/Blu-Ray combo box set. No less than three versions are compiled there, with different music and multiple commentaries, including … Read more
During the time of the Middle Ages, women suffered atrocious punishments, for each fault committed. Whether for a case of gossip, prostitution or suspicion of witchcraft, they are punished, in the harshest of ways. We list 11 of them. Tortures for gossip In the Middle Ages, it was better to know how to hold your … Read more