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Feeding the Revolution: Bean Porridge and Saxon Law

Posted on 11 February 2026 by carlton_bach

Castles hold a special place in our imagination of the Middle Ages, but at the time, having one in the vicinity was not always good news. The people of Saxony learned in the 1060s that armed imperial retainers ensconced behind … Continue reading →

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How to cook eggs in Norman Sicily

Posted on 16 February 2022 by carlton_bach

Today, I am starting on a new source: Constantinus Africanus’ 11th-century Salernitan translation of Ishaq b. Sulaiman al-Israili’s dietetics. This is not without its problems. I do not really know how much the translator changed and how much later copyists … Continue reading →

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