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Were oubliettes really a thing used much? Some googling seemed to suggest they weren't exactly widespread.
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A lot of the coroner rolls produced by this twitter account report people being murdered by clerks. What the hell was up with medieval clerks that they were murdering people so often?
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Apr 20, 2015 20:24
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I'm not talking about the randomly generated causes of death for people replying to the bot, I mean stuff like "Philip Port, died 1305, murdered and mutilated by five clerks after a night of drinking"
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Apr 20, 2015 21:33
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Was it unheard of for knights to take on more than one page, squire, what-have-you at a time?
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Jun 7, 2017 06:13
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So I was doing a bit of reading up on medieval cuisine, and the wikipedia article's section on caloric intake caught my attention.quote:The overall caloric intake is subject to some debate. One typical estimate is that an adult peasant male needed 2,900 calories (12,000 kJ) per day, and an adult female needed 2,150 calories (9,000 kJ).[20] Both lower and higher estimates have been proposed. Those engaged in particularly heavy physical labor, as well as sailors and soldiers, may have consumed 3,500 calories (15,000 kJ) or more per day. Intakes of aristocrats may have reached 4,000 to 5,000 calories (17,000 to 21,000 kJ) per day.[21] Monks consumed 6,000 calories (25,000 kJ) per day on "normal" days, and 4,500 calories (19,000 kJ) per day when fasting. As a consequence of these excesses, obesity was common among upper classes.[22] Why did monks eat so much more than everyone else, including nobility?
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Jun 18, 2017 20:56
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