Friday 4 October 2013

The things you can find out about the Cathars!

I've had the flu lately so I haven't posted my next article as soon as I'd hoped.  It'll be about the intriguing role played by hostages in the Albigensian Crusade, with insights gleaned from the book I'm currently reading, Kosto's "Hostages in the Middle Ages".

In the meantime, my partner found this quite amazing grocery display sign at a small market in Nottingham:




I haven't yet tracked down the heretical cookbook which provided this crucial bit of historical knowledge, but we have been enjoying the garlic.

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