The Legend of the Seven Sleepers
By Robert Chambers with extensive footnotes, links, additions, and images.
Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic, but today it’s a war crime in Ukraine, Yemen, Tigray and elsewhere
By Tom Dannenbaum, Alex DeWaal, and Daniel Maxwell
Where the Witches Were Men: What Magic Looked Like in Early Modern Russia
By Valerie Kivelson
The medieval history of Passover: libel, conspiracy, and hope for freedom
By Miri Rubin.
A history of Easter feasts and why the English breakfast might be medieval
By Giles Gasper
Medieval illustrated manuscripts reveal how upper-class women managed healthy households – overseeing everything from purging, leeching and cupping to picking the right wet nurse
By Jennifer Borland
A Description of a City Shower
By Jonathan Swift
The Story of King Frost: A Russian Fairy Tale
By Andrew Lang, Annotated and illustrated by Amos-Cola Staff.
New Year: Tradition of the Wassail
By Robert Chambers
Talking Animals and Other Wonders of Christmas Eve
Christmas traditions and history.
By Clement A. Miles.