April 2022

In honor of Talk like Shakespeare Day, we have written a few fun facts about the famous English playwright William Shakespeare.

The believed date for his birthday and death are both April 23.
His gravestone has a curse on anyone who wants to disturb his grave.
He is the world’s best-selling playwright with over 4 billion copies sold.
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Easter is a holiday alive and well in today’s world. It was equally as important if not more so for the medieval European. How do today’s traditions relate to medieval Europe’s view of Easter? In this post, we look at Easter traditions and their medieval connections.
Easter’s Name and Date
In English, Easter is called exactly that.

In the United States, National Beer Day is April 7th. In celebration, we explore a bit of the medieval world of beer and brewing. What would a medieval person drink? Let’s take a look.
Two of the most popular drinks in the medieval world were beer and ale. While wine was drunk, it was usually limited