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The Middle Ages is a periodisation of European history, encompassing the period from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century to the Renaissance in the 15th century.
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How were heavier objects weighed in antiquity/middle ages?
How were heavier objects weighed in antiquity or the middle ages? Were balances simply scaled up in size with appropriately larger weights? Did people know how much an elephant or even an ox actually …
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In the Medieval period, how long would an average swordsmith need to forge an average sword?
Wikipedia's page on Japanese swordsmithing provides some information on the time frames involved in the manufacture of good quality blades:
The forging of a Japanese blade typically took many days …
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'Sub rosa' council meetings
Wiktionary's etymology of the term sub rosa reads:
The rose's connotation for secrecy dates back to Greek mythology. Aphrodite gave a rose to her son Eros, the god of love; he, in turn, gave it to …
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How did Europeans first acquire gunpowder?
All the sources I've perused can, just as Wikipedia does, only surmise on the how and why gunpowder made its way to Europe.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology offers a …
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