# Middle Ages
11 Forgotten Traditions from the Renaissance Making a Comeback Today
The Renaissance, often hailed as a golden age of artistic innovation and cultural transformation, gave rise to countless customs that shaped society for centuries. Yet, as time marched on, many of these…
Assassins: The Medieval Murder Cult That Terrorized the Middle East
Long before modern Middle Eastern terrorism, there was the medieval Order of Assassins, a murderous cult led by a mysterious…
The Vindictive Pope Who Dug Up and Tried a Rival’s Corpse
Rome and Central Italy in the early Middle Ages were marked by feudal violence and near anarchy, as various factions…
Misreported Historical Facts That Are Anything But Factual
Misreported historical facts are all too common, and many commonly accepted historical “facts” are anything but factual. Take the conventional…
Lopsided Military Defeats and Humiliating Battlefield Setbacks
Lopsided defeats sometimes shape history. Sometimes they are embarrassing, but with few long term historic consequences. Take the time the…
History’s Humor: 10 Funny and Often Overlooked Details from Historic Events
It is unfortunate that history often bores kids stiff, frequently conveyed to students as a dreary listing of dull dates…
Legend of the Pied Piper’s Dark Origins, and Other Historic Folklore
The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the colorful figure who seduces rats out of a town with his…
Textbooks Rewritten by Governments, and Other Fake and Hidden History
Textbooks in neighboring and nuclear armed rivals India and Pakistan notoriously teach wildly different versions of the same shared history…
Dramatic Deaths These People Did Not See Coming
"Amusing" and death usually don’t belong in the same sentence, what with the latter typically being so tragic. However, tragic…
Unusual Historic Events That Will Make You Cringe For Days
A funny historic event occurred in 1910, when Virginia Woolf and her friends tricked the British Royal Navy into believing…