Archive for January 13th, 2008
Rich vs. Poor Homes
Sunday, January 13th, 2008As you can imagine, there was a vast difference between the homes of the nobles and the homes of the poor, but what exactly were they both like? Well, let’s start with the poor since it’s probably more interesting. Usually these homes contained at most three rooms. Only half of the home was the structured […]
The Codpiece
Sunday, January 13th, 2008The codpiece, or in Middle English was referred to as a codpece, which literally translated from Latin to mean scrotum bag, has an interesting origination. As is common knowledge, all men in the medieval days all the way through the Tudor era wore hose. These hose were not equipped with the convenient flap that most […]