Suicides today arouse shock, disbelief, and often sympathy. But no one would think of ... punishing suicides. Meanwhile, from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, suicide was considered a serious crime, on a par with abortion, incest, arson or even murder. As such, it deserved the heaviest punishmen
A cavalryman spent more time with a horse than with his wife. It was from his back that he watched the world and it was there that he made his fame. As the years passed, the familiarity between the mounts and their riders grew, and finally THIS time came and it was necessary to say goodbye to the ho
We associate French cuisine with refinement, good wine, delicate and elegant dishes. Before the sixteenth century, Trans-Sequence tables did not necessarily look that way. In 1533, Catherine de Medicci (mother of our king Henry of Valois) married the future king of France, and with her an army of co
According to tradition, the Frankish Emperor Charlemagne brought about a revival of culture and the flourishing of education, which had so far been completely neglected. Half the poverty as much as the truth in such a vision of reality (because, of course, it was not that everything was due to one K
Do you think we live in liberated times? Or maybe you think that the sexual revolution broke out in the 1960s? In fact, the biggest moral breakthrough came a good fifty years earlier. With each war, the number of illegitimate children broke records, and whole caravans of prostitutes followed th
Do you ever complain that phone calls are too expensive? Have you been wondering what it was like in the past? You probably all remember the beginning of the previous decade, when you had to pay even a few zlotys per minute for the pleasure of using a mobile phone. In the 1920s, landline phones were
It would seem that the persecution of the clergy for inconsistent with the line of the sermons was the domain of the times of the so-called Peoples Poland. Meanwhile, pre-war Poland did not show greater respect for freedom of speech. Any priest who proclaimed wrong views from the pulpit could meet t
Today we have receipts, bills, invoices and other wonders that remind us of how much money we spent and for what. How did the Jagiellons deal with it? Well, they had people for that, who watched their budget and wrote down everything meticulously. Fortunately, many of these notes have survived to th
Being a king is a tedious job! You have to be dignified, wise and fair. Besides, there is so much to do with wars, foreign legations, and in addition, the queen also bothers. In addition, balls, coronations and other ceremonies where you need to look perfect. After all, the brightest majesty cannot
We live in big cities, in concrete blocks, not knowing who lives next to or opposite. O holiday of privacy! It wasnt like that before. On one street, everyone knew everyone, and what was happening within the four walls was a public matter and nothing escaped the publics attention. What about househo
Cannibalism has existed since prehistoric times. Archaeological finds confirm that our ancestors scraped with a knife, gnawed and marrowed not only animal bones ... Today, devouring a representative of our species by another Homo (apparently) sapiens causes disgust, but it was not always so. The
In every war there comes a moment when the enemy is not around, bullets do not whistle overhead, and air raids somehow bypass a man. What did the soldiers do to avoid boredom getting emery before the next fight? They provided themselves with a bit of normalcy, everyday life and laughter. It was
Even in Poland, the Church struggles with low attendance at Sunday Masses. Contrary to appearances, this is not a new problem at all. Quite simply, in the Middle Ages and the modern era, the clergy reacted to him much more forcefully. What times, such methods. The basic control tools will proba
War is supposedly a male thing, and women are not fit to grab bayonets and rifles. In fact, however, there is also a struggle behind the front lines. War sneaks into every nook and cranny of life and turns everyday life upside down. He conspires here, he sells tissue paper there, he follows the blac
They were lashed, stigmatized, their heads shaved and exorcised. Everything is in vain. Eventually, someone came up with the idea that the insane must simply be locked up. And it has remained so until today. Mental diseases have been afflicting people since the beginning of history. Over the centu
In the church? At the baptismal font? Or maybe in some chapel? Not at all. Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler put it completely different. It needed neither a priest, nor a pastor, nor holy water. All it took was a young one, representatives of the SS order, a few props and ... the Nazi baptism could beg
Russian culture includes Pushkin, Shostakovich and Dostoyevsky, but also - of course - vodka! Alcohol played a significant role in Russia even before such a name for the country was even invented. He was one of the pillars of the economy and ... a real nightmare for the Russian peasants. As ear
What were the pre-war schools like? What were they taught and who were the teachers of that time? You can write about it on various examples, but a particular high school in Kraków seems to be particularly interesting (and unusual). Undoubtedly an elite school, but also ... not intended for everyone
Todays teenagers live under the slogan your peace is your fortress!. They consider their home corner to be a completely autonomous space that they can paint from ceiling to floor black or cover their idols with kitschy posters. About 150 years ago, adolescent girls could only be polite, nice and obe
Breaking into it was the dream of every inhabitant of the GDR. Throughout the Eastern Bloc, people imagined extraordinary prosperity and wealth waiting just behind the watchtowers and (later) the concrete wall. In reality, however, West Berlin was not a dream city at all. More like nightmares.
The deportation of homosexuals, an issue both historically and politically, aroused interest in the late 1970s due to the struggle for the rights of gays and lesbians. This issue was reflected in a number of studies introducing the topic and in elaborations on the number of victims and the place of
Caligula. The nickname derives from the caliga, the typical Roman military shoe Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanic (12-41 AD), son of Germanicus, one of the most valiant and beloved leaders of Ancient Rome (see https://www.pilloledistoria.it/4060/storia-antica/lamatissimo-germanico) rulin
Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis Stephen of Lorraine The following singular and in some ways nice anecdote is able to demonstrate perhaps more than many words the high moral sense and justice that always characterized the work of Maria Theresa of Austria, both as a woman and as
When the townspeople saw in the morning an approaching squad of soldiers in Soviet uniforms, they became concerned, but did not panic. They even allowed themselves to be tied up to avoid the punishment that the Germans could impose for helping the guerrillas. They didnt know they were going to die i