Slavery in the Roman Republic
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/slavery-romrep1.html
Extracts from classical texts about slaves and their treatment.
Jól (Yule)
www.northvegr.org/northern/book/religious017.php
Dense article that probably tells you more about the Viking festival than
you really want to know …
Les riches heures du Duc de Berry: Décembre
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/images/heures/december.jpg
An illustration from the early 15th-century book of hours: 'In the
forest of Vincennes, fabled for its game, a wild-boar hunt has caught a
boar that is being torn apart by the boarhounds. In the background is the
Château de Vincennes, long a residence of French royalty.'
Hampton Court Palace's Tudor Kitchens
http://london.allinfo-about.com/features/hampton2.html
Good article on what it was like to prepare food (even as a cook's
assistant) in Henry VIII's kitchen – one of the most complete
medieval kitchens still in existence.
Victorian Pantomime
www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/guided_tours/pantomime_tour/
the_great_victorian_pantomime/default.php
In this great website from London's Theatre Museum, you can even
see a pantomime cow in action (in the 'Animal impersonators' section).
Turkey
www.foodmuseum.com/turkey.html
A brief history of the North American bird.
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