A lucky coincidence for medieval woodworkers is that that the bible contains some stories on building, e.g. Noah's ark and the tower ...

Information on medieval woodworking tools usually comes from four sources: archaeological finds, mention of it in written sources (like wi...

Sometimes you find something in a book that you have overlooked, or because it is placed in a chapter that did not directly arouse your int...

Medieval house inventories (of deceased or banished inhabitants) and wills can give an insight in what people owned or valued. It also give...

Writing about making pattens was quite out-of-place at the moment I started working on this post. Last week, it was very hot in the Netherl...