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91Top Ten Underrated European Cities
Everybody knows cities like Paris, London, Rome, and Barcelona are among the best in Europe, but there are many other fabulous European cities that just don’t get their fair share of the limelight. Whether...
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84How to Make Chainmail From Coat Hangers
My husband's hobby is inspired by his love of medieval arms and armor: his quest? To make a hauberk, or chain mail suit, entirely from coat hangers. It is the ultimate in extreme knitting, and a great use for all of those metal coat hangers. My husband has been making his chainmail suit for years. Wanna learn more?
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85let there be art!: part four - art history from cave paintings to gothic art
"Art is the most intense form of individualism the world has known." Oscar Wilde, playwright, wit "I tried to abandon my skin of a modern citizen, tried to experience the feeling of the artist, to enter...
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89The Third Crusade
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) may be the most remarkable personality of the Twelfth Century, and Aquitaine itself, may have been Europe's most brilliant civilization. Eleanor of Aquitaine accompanied...
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82Warner Castle
Part of the fun of travel is the surprising discoveries one can make when traveling down back roads and off the beaten track. On a recent trip back to Rochester, New York I came upon just such a discovery...
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8610 Unusual Festivals in Italy - Umbria/Tuscany Holiday
Parading at the Palio della Balestra in Sansepolcro The quite, peaceful and rural slopes of the Upper Tiber Valley, in the shadows of the Apennine Mountains are home to a number of unusual festas throughout...
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85Ideas for a Medieval Themed Wedding
A medieval themed wedding is a fun and romantic way to express your individuality as a couple. Medieval theme weddings can be as simple or as elaborate as you like. Here are some ideas and things to think...
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81French Castles: Chabenet
A restored mediaeval castle in the heart of France, the chateau de Chabenet is the most beautiful castle I have seen in the area. As soon as you cross the entry gates you feel transported to a fairy tale...
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84How Mince Meat Became Meatless
What happened? Mincemeat DID contain meat at one time and still does in some parts of the US, as well as most of England -- beginning back in about 1414 AD, during the Crusades and on into Virginia Colony...Here's the story.
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85A Brief Summary of the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages are also sometimes called the Medieval Period of Western Civilization from medium (middle) + aevum (age). The Medieval Period extended from the late 400s to the late 1300s CE...
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