Ruthless murderers with the blood of relatives on their hands. Makers of the Dwarf Guard. And exhibitionists, inviting thirty witnesses to their wedding night. We present ten facts from the history of the great dynasty that will change your perspective on Polish history. As always, all TOP10 ite
Portrait of a 16th century man (the work is by Il Parmigianino) wearing a showy braghetta During the 1500s the use of a rather particular and decidedly risque item of underwear (but not too much) became widespread among men, the braghetta, that we can consider the ancestor of the modern jocks
Celibacy among Polish clergy began to be introduced in the 12th century. It was going like December. Even two centuries later, many priests still firmly believed that they were not only allowed to have intercourse with married women and virgins. In the times of the first Piasts, no one was inter
At the end of the 18th century, traveling was as exciting as it was tedious and dangerous. Roads were not invested everywhere, railroads were yet to come, and the fastest (and often the only available) mode of transport was by ship. And although going on a cruise sounds romantic, the reality was def