“You might be offered oatcakes as well as bread (especially in the north). If these do not tempt you, consider eating "horse-bread."… — Ian Mortimer Bread Copy Share Image
W. H. Auden once suggested that to understand your own country you need to have lived in at least two others. One… — Ian Mortimer Archives Copy Share Image
“You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make… — Ian Mortimer History Copy Share Image
“the commons put forward an exceedingly detailed and comprehensive petition regarding the labour system. It resulted in the statute which made communities… — Ian Mortimer Poor people Copy Share Image
“The last day I was here, in eighteen forty-three, was the only time since the plague when we were not at war.” — Ian Mortimer Last day Copy Share Image
Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception. — Ian Mortimer Age Copy Share Image
“There's so much beauty in the world, don't close your eyes to it just because you've lost your own small patch of… — Ian Mortimer Beauty Copy Share Image
“As a result of the Archery Act of 1542… Every man must shoot at the butts on every holy day, and parishes… — Ian Mortimer Every man Copy Share Image
“In Elizabethan England you will only find small codpieces. Large ones, stuffed with wool and looking like an erect male member, are… — Ian Mortimer Copy Share Image
“As soon as Gaveston and Edward met they became great friends. Gaveston was witty, rude and enormously entertaining, with a Gascon accent… — Ian Mortimer Best friend Copy Share Image
“So much dung, filth, and entrails of dead beasts and other corruptions is cast into ditches, rivers and other waterways, and many… — Ian Mortimer Copy Share Image
“In parts of the country you will come across superstitious practices, such as lowering a infant with whooping cough into a cesspit… — Ian Mortimer Black sheep Copy Share Image
“While the traditional image of knights in armour is accurate and widely accepted, the equally representative image of knights wearing corsets and… — Ian Mortimer Well known Copy Share Image
“If we wish to understand our own place on earth, we must seek to understand those who have gone on before us.… — Ian Mortimer History Copy Share Image
Our view of history diminishes the reality of the past. We concentrate on the historic event as something that has happened, and… — Ian Mortimer Diminish Copy Share Image
As you travel around medieval England you will come across a sport described by some contemporaries as 'abominable ... more common, undignified… — Ian Mortimer Accidents Copy Share Image
