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In this post we’ll get to learn a couple of key words connected with the major Christian holiday of Easter, as well as the days preceding it. Some of them have a really interesting origin, so we’ll also take a quick look at their etymology and cultural background. Chronologically, the first of these days is …
A few years ago two articles circulated among my friends and historical role-play buffs, both about a couple who chose to live like it was the late 1800s, full-time. The original article on Vox was written by Sarah A. Chrisman, one of the people involved, in which she explained why she and her husband chose …
In an earlier post, I wrote about the etymology of the English words for the days of the week. As we saw there, those words have their origin (for the most part) in the names of some of the main deities of the Germanic pantheon. In this post we’ll look at the names of the …
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“Ukoliko zbog ijedne od mojih priča čitatelji osjete prijatnu nelagodu tijekom šetnje osamljenom stazom u sumrak, ili dok u sitne sate sjede pored vatre koja se lagano gasi, svrha mog pisanja bit će ispunjena.” Montague Rhodes James bio je britanski pisac i povjesničar čiji su brojni radovi iz srednjovjekovnih studija još uvijek relevantni (bibliografiju njegovih …
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