FACTS are stranger than HISTORICAL FICTION

  HISTORY LESSONS FROM BOOKS ON MY SHELVES : Do you have books you've read so long ago you can’t remember a thing about them? I...

WOMEN IN THE RENAISSANCE: THE WRONG EDUCATION . This is how girls are brought up at court: Fun and games . In the morning, the...

EARLY MODERN GENDER WARS. Why women are superior to men. W: So you think men are naturally better than women? M: I believe so. ...

EARLY MODERN MARRIAGE COUNSELLING . Xanthippe’s marriage is in bad shape. Let’s listen in on a consultation. He is a brute and ...

EARLY MODERN MEDICINE : The good surgeon. According to Paracelsus, the good surgeon has a clear conscience a desire to learn a...