While the common people were staring in the eye, the rich indulged in caricatured gluttony. Live birds in batter, fatty meat covered in garlic sauce, overcooked vegetables, all with the sound of gas released. These are the feasts of the kings of France. The basis of the diet of the monarchs and th
Instant conquests brought the Roman elite unprecedented wealth. Such a large amount of money, works of art, slaves and other goods sparked a revolution of snobbery on the Tiber. The immeasurable treasures completely turned the Romans minds. Check what they spent their won silver on ... The Roman
A Jewish girl, hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam for two years, became one of the most famous victims of the Holocaust. Thanks to the touching diary, everyone knows who Anne Frank was. Its time to remind you that it was not the only one. We present little diarists from Poland. Forgotten witnesses o
The greatest crime of the 20th century was happening before their eyes. They couldnt hide like Anne Frank. Nor were they protected outsiders like the Mary Berg I wrote about a few days ago. When the war was over, they had long lost their lives. But their thoughts and words have survived to this day.
During the Thirty Years War, the Lisowians ventured as far as the Rhine. Did they get under the skin of the inhabitants of the Netherlands so much that one of the famous mercenaries was painted by Rembrandt? Or maybe the master disguised the true meaning of the painting? Rembrandts famous painti
A source of suffering and humiliation or a means of improving ones own fate. The element of a happy relationship or the reward for obedience. The sexual life of a Roman slave could take one of a thousand forms. Each one depended on his master. The emperor philosopher Marcus Aurelius prided himse
Ecology is not an invention of the last decades. In pre-war Poland, not only the Bolsheviks and the opposition were fought with enthusiasm, but also the destruction of nature. Mandatory tree planting holidays and ecology as a test of social culture. Here is the Republic of A.D. 1930. The pioneer
The cat has absolute power in most home living rooms. What if the living room is the Oval Office of the White House? In the USA, the presidents pet can cause an international scandal, and the cat star of TV commercials has the right to compete for a seat in the White House. The history of Americ
What was this not already found in the vagina, urethra, and even the bladder? Pencils, candles, thread spools, carrots, pins of all kinds, corks, glasses, toothbrushes, ”Dr. Paweł Klinger mentioned in the tone of an expert. For readers who found the list more like a general store assortment than a c
They have been subjected to cruel persecution for centuries. Their bones were massively broken and their tails cut, burned alive, hung and tortured in fanciful ways. For fun, entertainment and protection against witchcraft. We present the whole truth about the feline story. Life as a cat in the
Magic intermediaries between the worlds of the living and the dead. Cats in ancient Egypt were extremely respected, but it did not guarantee them a peaceful life. They were sacrificed as blood sacrifices, and after hundreds of years their mummies became ... a coveted soil enrichment! When we hear
History remembered her as a propagator of Italian cuisine and the owner of several dozen wonderful dresses. The famous Bona, however, was a true Renaissance man. The list of her activities and hobbies was almost endless. Already from her family home, the queen had a great love for horses. In thi
Dirty, long and intricately pinned hair with a ton of pomade? Antoine told them enough. First there was washing, then the scissors were in motion. In the meantime - shock, cry, disbelief. Effect? The women came out rejuvenated, completely changed. A whole gallery of fame has passed through the Polis
The Second Republic was a democratic state, but not entirely. Freedom had rigid boundaries, and any movie lover could find it out painfully. Those were not easy times for cinematography. The sound films won the hearts of the audience by storm. The first popular productions with a full soundtrack
Studies are often associated with a carefree time, full of fun, and from time to time also learning. Meanwhile, in communist Poland, students fought to make a living at universities. Especially if they were active Catholic activists like Tadeusz Mazowiecki. During year. Both were the norm right
Among the nations of Western civilization there is a conviction that there is only one correct position in the sexual act, that all other varieties are indecent and should not even be mentioned, wrote sexologist William Martin in 1935. And he insisted that it is high time to overthrow this archaic s
Drinks, cocktails and massage. Modigliani and Picasso hang on the walls, other men are not allowed here. Master Antoines living room is a paradise for every woman… until she blows out the door with a bang. How to survive a visit to a capricious genius? In the 1920s and 1930s, when the king of ha
What is your ordinary day like? Are you coming back from work exhausted? Or maybe you love what you do? Women sent to Siberia and to labor camps talk about a reality in which the most ordinary day was a struggle for survival. With climate, hunger, fellow prisoners, a blunt cleaver, horse dung and no
When Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain, representatives of the Eastern Bloc soon understood the power of sport in the service of propaganda. The implementation of socialist ideology in football brought much better results than in the economy. The Hungarians were particularly successful in this
Get to know your territory, find a water source, keep your clothes dry, do not get cold ... Good advice from survival specialists can be put into fairy tales, when after many weeks you leave the cattle wagon with the last of your strength and hear from the Bolshevik:you are making rye, a crate you w
During the Cold War, the norm was the mass flight of people from the Eastern Bloc to capitalist countries. The embarrassed desperates confirmed the advantage of the West over the East. But there were also those who abandoned the capitalist paradise for the homeland of the world proletariat. What dro
What do English pilots, cow country and the dead have in common? Without them, skin transplantation would not be possible! It is the first time I have benefited from someone elses death on a chilly October evening when I was in my sophomore medical college, one full year before my debut encoun
Ravioli. White ravioli were a typical Christmas dish of medieval England There are only a few days left for Christmas and like every year, even in this part of 2017, I publish on Pills of History (as you can see the site has been completely renewed!) some recipes which in ancient times wer
Public lighting in the 19th century in Milan For centuries the streets at night have represented a serious danger to people, since the darkness not only favored accidents and falls, but also the bad guys, who with the darkness, were more pushed to kill and rob. The advent of electricity everyt