Human history is full of wonders. When we look back to the past, we find lots of interesting things. The Medieval Era in the history of mankind lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. That was the time when Western Roman Empire collapsed, and the beginning of Renaissance occurred.
Let's turn the pages of history and know more about the rare facts from the Middle Ages.
An estimated 75 to 200 million of people died due to the horrifying plague in the 14th century. The disaster is believed to have started from the Central Asia which spread throughout the Europe. The infection spread from Black rats.
Chastity belts were made for a woman. A lady wore the chastity belt when her husband was out for the crusade. It was to maintain her faithfulness towards him.
The term ''barber-surgeon'' was famous in the Medieval era. Generally barbers treated the injured soldiers with their sharp-bladed razors. Physicians who were busy in universities, just observed the patients.
The saw was used for the humans to give them extreme torture.
Many of the authors didn't write their original scripts, they used to re-tell the stories of the Church Fathers and other classical writers.
In Medieval times, short hair was taken as the symbol of a servitude. So, the knights kept their hair long. They belonged to noble families and learned the skills of war since their boyhood.
Animals were sentenced as they were humans. Farm animals were charged for injuring or killing people. Medieval records say, even mice were taken to courts for stealing harvest from a farm.
There have been many attempts to ban football, from the middle ages through to the modern day. The first such law was passed in England in 1314; it was followed by more than 30 in England alone between 1314 and 1667.[1]:6 Football faced armed opposition in the 18th Century when used as a cover for violent protest against the enclosure act. Women were banned from playing at English and Scottish Football League grounds in 1921, a ban that was only lifted in the 1970s. Female footballers still face similar problems in some parts of the world.
...and the lands were full of human and animal wastes.
Poor people suffered from starvation during summer. Due to the shortage of food, they used to make the bread from fungus containing old rye, which was poisonous and may cause death.
Domestic animals in a Medieval era were comparatively smaller than that of today. This is because the scientific breeding technique was not started. Bulls and oxen were a little bigger than today's calves. Sheep were also much smaller than today's.
The shoes in the Medieval times were comparatively too long. Long-toed shoes were taken as the symbol of fashion. These shoes were called poulaines and were popular around Europe from 12th to 15th century.
Archers were valuable in the battle. Football craze was seen as the distraction from archery practice, so King Edward of England passed Archery Law in 1363 in which all males were ordered to practice archery for two hours every Sunday. Edward then put a ban in football.
