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…is a question asked all the time by beginners and more advanced reenactors who urgently need a new pair. You may of course be lucky and have a Karl in your group, as we have, who is open for our wishes. But not everybody is that lucky.

So to resolve this question with an easy link, I want to offer a (regularly updated) list of links for places to go to for your medieval shoes.

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Research

• Österreichische Nationalbibliothek – http://www.onb.at
• Institut für mittelalterliche Realienkunde – http://www.imareal.sbg.ac.at/home
• Medievalists.net – http://medievalists.net
• Larsdatter.com – http://larsdatter.com
• Kulturpool Österreich http://www.kulturpool.at/display/kupo/Home
• Bildserver des ImaReals – http://tethys.imareal.sbg.ac.at/realonline
• HeidICON – Bilddatenbank von Miniaturen aus digitalisieren Handschriften der Heidelberger Sammlung
• Archreal-Kleinfunddatenbank des ImaReals – http://archreal.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/archREAL
• MOM-Archiv – http://www.monasterium.net
• Europeana Regia – Handschriftendigitalisate – http://www.europeanaregia.eu/de
• Katalog der British Library – http://www.bl.uk
• Bibliotheque national de France – Handschriften online – https://manuscrits-france-angleterre.org/polonsky/
• Digitalisate der Kunstwerke des Wiener Belvederes – http://digital.belvedere.at/emuseum/
• Glasfenster in Österreichischen Kirchen – http://www.burgenseite.com/glas/glasfenster_txt.htm
• Kulturgut-Datenbank der Stadtarchäologie Wien – http://www.wien.gv.at/kultur/kulturgut/archaeologie/index.html
• Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg digital – http://objektkatalog.gnm.de/
• Museum of London Archaeological Archive and Research Center – http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/laarc/catalogue/index.asp
• Museum of London Collection Online – http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/Collections-online/
• Suchmaschine für englische Funde (Sondengeher, etc.) – http://finds.org.uk/
• Datenbank mittelalterlicher und frühneuzeitlicher kunsttechnologischer Rezepte in handschriftlicher Überlieferung – https://www.th-koeln.de/kulturwissenschaften/kunsttechnologische-rezeptsammlung_25065.php
• Open Access Datenbank der Österreichschen Akademie der Wissenschaften http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/oa/
• Das Victoria and Albert Museum London (Museum für angewandte Kunst) – http://collections.vam.ac.uk/
• Online Datenbank des British Museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx
• Datenbank für Bildhauerarbeiten, insbesondere in Grabsteinen http://effigiesandbrasses.com/
• Datenbank für archäologische Funde und Fundberichte http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archsearch/
• Online Recherche Quellen
• Böhmische Kleidungsfunde (inkl Kruseler und Ärmelloses Suckl!)
• Manuskripte online (Linksammlung)
• Gallica Manuskript- und Kunstwerksammlung mit Schlagwortsuche
• Fitzmuseum Illuminationen-Sammlung
• Datenbank dänischer Wandmalereien
• Sammlung ziviler Grabmähler
• Gothic Ivories – Sammlung gotischer Elfenbein-Schnitzereien
• ÖAW Sammlung von digitalisierten Handschriften – http://manuscripta.at/m1/digitalisate.php
• Romana de la Rose – 130 illuminierte Ausgaben des Rosenromans – http://romandelarose.org/#home
• Datenbank Kleiderfunde und Accessoirs http://www.kostym.cz/Anglicky/obsah.htm
• Digitalisierte Fachbücher Datenbank https://digi20.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/start/static.html
• Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis – Digitale Manuscripte, ca 160 000 Seiten
• Rechtsikonographische Datenbank https://gams.uni-graz.at/context:rehi
• Das Spessart Projekt, eine Fundsammlung https://www.spessartprojekt.de/forschung/
• Datenbank des dänischen Nationalmuseums https://samlinger.natmus.dk/objectbrowse?media=image,rotation
• Fresken aus Österreich – riesige Sammlung https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Frescos_in_Austria

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Today we are talking about menstrual hygiene in medieval times!

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When you imagine a medieval man or woman, what do you see? Foul teeth? Greasy hair? Dirty, bumpy skin? Hairy armpits and sweat stench?

Well, for some of them, this might have been true. For some people today, this is still true. But medieval sources prove, that it could be and has been different for large parts of the population. Medieval people know far more than we think today.

In this article I want to talk about aspects of (female) beauty routine and cosmetics, as we find them in medieval sources (mainly the Trotula).

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At the beginning of last October, I was part of the 14th century team at Medieval days at the open air museum Bad Windsheim, Germany. My colleague Thomas (who played the barber/bathhouse owner) and me (as the bathing maid) were assigned to lead the bathhouse belonging to a late medieval hospital in Bad Windsheim, that was the main topic of this event for us.

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On one of our events at the Museum Tiroler Bauernhöfe last weekend, I did a little lecture on hair care and hair dos as well as hair in general. I brought this to digital paper now to be able to link it in the future.

Please do follow also the links in the text to find further reading material, original sources and intersting tutorials.

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I have been inspired by a very nice video of our hobby-colleague Arnulf das Schandmaul to write a post for all those people wanting to see the few medieval buildings and findings in museums which can be discovered in Vienna.

Unfortunately Vienna seems not to have a large passion for medieval history, the Viennese inhabitants are appearantly more into antique and imperial history. But with a little time spent, there are a lot of things to discover in Vienna.

Please also see our tips for sights in Vienna’s outskirts.

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Today we would like to show you some sources and techniques for doing laundry in the 14th and 15th century.

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This is my entry for the #pluckingroses challenge. If you would like to read up the rules of the challenge, please follow the link to the article and see more entries and content on Instagram and Facebook.

For my entry I chose a contraceptive amulet, a fairly unspectacular piece but it has a very interesting history… (more…)

Today, I would like to talk to you about a special substance in medieval material substance, human hair. (more…)