This book is going to be available in September of 2016. You can pre-order on Amazon so it’s sent to you as soon as it is released. Order now, forget about it…and get a nice surprise in the mail in September 🙂 The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World … More The Black Prince of Florence
In the time of Christopher Columbus a young Isabella d’Este married Francesco Gonzaga of Mantua. Together they ruled the Mantuan territories and their patronage created a flourishing and cultured court there. … More Songs for Isabella d’Este
Just remember that most of what the Tudors were in the habit of doing as far as hygiene was being done in Italy a century or more before 🙂 Reposted from http://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/resources/life-in-tudor-england/tudor-hygiene-part-1-bathing/ Tudor Hygiene Part 1- Bathing “One of the misconceptions of popular history is that concern for hygiene and sanitation is a recent – and … More Tudor Bathing – An Italian Renaissance Application
Introduction My target years for living history are the same years of the Italian Wars (1494-1559). The Italian Wars were a series of violent conflicts for control of the Italian peninsula fought between France, Spain, the Papal Armies, England, and the Emperor in the North (of the empire that was neither Holy nor Roman). They began … More Italian Renaissance Fashion 1300-1500
A rare medieval book gives an insight into the medical practices used 500 years ago. It has gone on display for the first time at the University of Aberdeen. The De Hortus Sanitatis, which translates as the Garden of Health, shows some of the medical methods practiced in Scotland five centuries ago. The book, first … More Ortus Sanitatus 1491
Basil – Ocymum basidium (from Gerard’s Herball, 1597) Gerard claimed that basil juice, “drunke in wine of Chios or strong Sacke,” cures headaches. Mixed with barley meal, rose oil, and vinegar, basil juice was also used as an anti-inflammatory and as an antidote for snakebites. According to Gerard, “the seed drunke is a remedy for … More Renaissance Herb Spotlight: Basil
