Medieval Blogger

What's new and cool in the current Middle Ages...

September 30, 2004

This week, the fight continues for the ruins of Carrickmines Castle in south Dublin as protesters threaten to take the case to the Supreme Court as the M50 highway threatens to barrel through the area...

...while in Moscow the Information Age still hasn't taken the shine off medieval superstitions that still beat the pants off say, WebMD or Modern Psychology. Who can explain it? It's A Little Black Magic in Russian Everyday Life...


...and as the holiday season approaches remember the origins of that glass your holding as you drink a toast to everybody's good fortune. Check out A Brief History of the Wine Glass...


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