Fiery red hair and a fair complexion are not unusual for people today, but in the Middle Ages, the unusual appearance was terrifying. This was the case with Kathrin Zimmermann, later renamed Trina Papisten. She aroused interest. When she moved to Słupsk and her husband died, she began to avoid peo
Ignacy Jan Paderewski attracted women like a magnet. For him, they cheated on and abandoned their husbands, and used their connections to facilitate his career. Paderewski became an idol of the Paris audience. Saint-Saëns sent him his photograph with an autograph and thanks for his beautiful perfo
They were called contemptuously medicine men, their knowledge was mocked, their morals and competences were undermined. Even those whose skills surpassed their colleagues had no chance of practicing medicine, not being able to obtain the necessary permits or chances to gain the patients trust. What
Adelajda Heska, image by Jan Matejka (photo:public domain) Adelaide Heska (1324-1371) - the second wife of Casimir the Great. Adelaide was the daughter of the Landgraf of Hesse - Henryk II Żelazny and Elżbieta of the Wettin dynasty. The then Hesse was small (it consisted of only two districts),