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Category: Popular History

Posted on:March 28, 2019July 26, 2022Popular History

Historical Accuracy in Films and the Tiffany Problem

Today’s post is a slight detour to my usual content in that it is far more of an opinion piece rather than about a particular historical event – but I hope you all enjoy it anyway! This year has seen a slew of historical-based films hit the cinemas, with many doing exceedingly well. Perhaps most […]

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Posted on:January 30, 2017July 26, 2022Popular History

Is Selfie Culture New? Vanity Through Time

If you’re one of those pesky ‘Millennials’ then you’ve probably heard someone of an older generation (or even of your own) complaining about the vanity of youths today. We post pictures of ourselves on Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram. We send silly pictures to our friends, we show anyone who might follow us on social media […]

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Posted on:January 7, 2017July 26, 2022Popular History

Origins of Wedding Traditions

With all of the engagements announced over the festive period, my friends and I were discussing weddings we had been to and what we might like for our own weddings one day. My friends seemed mildly impressed by some of my basic knowledge of where some of the traditions we tend to celebrate in England […]

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Posted on:November 21, 2016July 26, 2022Popular History

Fairy Tales or Medieval Reality? Historical origins of fantasy stories

You would be hard pressed to find anyone who did not grow up hearing fairy tales, especially after Disney popularised many of them for the big screen. Many of us are aware that the stories we see from Disney, with happy endings and mild scare-factor, often originated from far more dark and violent stories compiled […]

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Posted on:October 6, 2016July 26, 2022Popular History

Medieval Reacts and Two Monks: History in Social Media

Many people will probably be aware of the rise in popularity of “reacts” social media pages. The idea is that the Facebook or Twitter page takes a popular cultural phenomenon, often a television show, and posts pictures from it with a humorous caption (usually in a bid to get as many likes as possible and […]

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