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Category Archives: General Medieval History

Unique library

Dearest Traveller, I have found SUCH a unique place! Please, come sit by the fire, I really must tell you all about this amazing library! This library, called Librije is a public reading room from the year 1564, founded by 2 church masters from the Walburgis church in Zutphen, Conrad Slindewater and Herman Berner. TheContinue reading “Unique library”

Posted byallecmereMarch 21, 2021Posted inGeneral Medieval HistoryLeave a comment on Unique library

Leuven

I am happy to tell you about this gorgeous city in Belgium today. Leuven, or Louvain, is a beautiful medieval city about 25 kilometres from the Belgian capitol of Brussels. The earliest mention of Leuven (Loven) dates from 891, when a Viking army was defeated by the Frankish king Arnulf of Carinthia. According to aContinue reading “Leuven”

Posted byallecmereAugust 21, 2020August 21, 2020Posted inGeneral Medieval History1 Comment on Leuven

Compleat Anachronist

In July of 2020 my first Compleat Anachronist was published! I am so happy I was finally able to finish it and to share bits of it with you here. Now, if this isn’t a good campfire story, then I don’t know! I am aware that some of my followers already know this, but thereContinue reading “Compleat Anachronist”

Posted byallecmereAugust 11, 2020Posted inGeneral Medieval History1 Comment on Compleat Anachronist

Oudewater

Bad weather, failed harvest, illness or even death … In the middle ages and long after that people believed that witches and their demonic, magic powers were responsible for this. At night, they would fly around on their brooms or on goats. To expel the witches they must be hunted, traced, tested, and if theyContinue reading “Oudewater”

Posted byallecmereJuly 11, 2020July 11, 2020Posted inGeneral Medieval History1 Comment on Oudewater
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