What's the difference between medieval inns, taverns and alehouses? (www.youtube.com)
Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: The Market for Lemons | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core (www.cambridge.org)
When did people stop being drunk all the time? (lefineder.substack.com)
Bees have appeared on coins for millennia, hinting at an age-old link between sweetness and value (theconversation.com)
The Devil's Bible, the Largest Extant Medieval Manuscript, is 92 cm Tall. : History of Information (historyofinformation.com)
The tree as foot-soldier of Chinese merchants and empires | Aeon Essays (aeon.co)
The Medieval Superstar: A tale of singing, sexuality and slavery - Medievalists.net (www.medievalists.net)
Saline Survivance: The Life of Salt and the Limits of Colonization in the Southwest - Commonplace (commonplace.online)
Medicine Containers Used In the Golden Age of Piracy (www.piratesurgeon.com)
Death of the Wolf: Exactly a thousand years ago, on 28 May 1023, Lupus – ‘The Wolf’ – died in York. (blogs.bl.uk)
Manuscript Textiles: Weaving the Thread of Faith (blogs.bl.uk)
50 years ago, teenagers partied in the Bronx — and gave rise to hip-hop (www.npr.org)
When Africans Wrote Their Own History; A Catalogue Of African Historiography Written By African Scribes From Antiquity Until The Eve Of Colonialism (www.africanhistoryextra.com)
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WW2 Meteorology (rafmetman.wordpress.com)
How Third-Century China Saw Rome, a Land Ruled by “Minor Kings” (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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Calypso and the birth of British black music (www.bl.uk)
87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games | Video Game History Foundation (gamehistory.org)
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