On the search for a staple food to cheaply feed the slaves that fueled their empire, England sent an expedition to Tahiti to transplant breadfruit trees to the Caribbean. But after spending five months in an idyllic, tropical paradise with…
Troubadours: The Nastiest Poets of the Middle Ages
Troubadours, Medieval France’s poet-singers, used their art to challenge social norms: singing about sneaking around with married women, loving someone of the same gender or even getting graphic about the poor state of their enemy’s genitals. Come listen to the…