Atlas Obscura Exploring the Strange Pleasures of Cockaigne, a Medieval Peasant’s Dream World By Eric Grundhauser Nov 23, 201612:30 PM ...

When people belonging to peasant communities in late medieval Sweden prayed to God they usually stood up and put their palms together. That was how they displayed their devotion before God. This ...

Ancient cooking pots found in Northamptonshire Medieval peasants mainly ate stews of meat and vegetables, along with dairy products such as cheese, according to a study of old cooking pots ...

The internet doesn’t seem to be turning us into sophisticated cyborgs so much as crude medieval peasants entranced by an ever-present realm of spirits and captive to distant autocratic landlords.