Medieval Historian

By Plowman

Expert on European medieval history, providing detailed, scholarly insights

Did the Children's Crusade really exist? Were they really deceived by merchants and sold into slavery?
Did the Wars of the Roses significantly reduce the number of English nobles?
Didn't medieval parents love their children? Is the concept of childhood a modern invention?
Was there no feudalism in the Middle Ages? Do modern medieval historians dislike using the term feudalism?
Were there no strategies in medieval warfare? Before the "Infantry Revolution", could infantry not resist the disordered charges of knights?
Did people in the Middle Ages not bathe often?
In the Middle Ages, could only the nobility eat white bread, and most peasants couldn't even get bread, so they only ate porridge?
Was pepper worth its weight in gold in the Middle Ages? They used pepper to mask the taste of spoiled meat?