One very good example of misconceptions we have today about a bit of boringly daily life in medieval times is fire – or, more specifically, lighting fire.

While we were getting the draft of the Middle Ages Unlocked into a new structure, we had to cut out many things – among them a lot of lists.

We’ve decided to share some of the questions Gillian asked Katrin, because the answers are fascinating and only some of them appear in the book.

There’s a story behind everything. My personal story for The Middle Ages Unlocked goes back to the days before Twitter and Facebook.

Working together with Gillian on The Middle Ages Unlocked was a cross-border experience in many ways: an Australian and a German, a historian and an archaeologist, and a professional writer with a professional crafter.

The Middle Ages Unlocked: A Guide to Life in Medieval England, 1050-1300, is a new book by Gillian Polack and Katrin Kania. Now available from Amberley Publishing, the book explores a wide range of topics from law, religion and education to landscape, art and magic, between the eleventh and early fourteenth centuries, the structures, institutions and […]