Entertaining Stories from the Past
Journey through the Middle Ages with tales of knights, kingdoms, and curiosities.
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In 1325, soldiers from Modena stole a wooden bucket from Bologna. The resulting war killed 2,000 people and the bucket remains in Modena to this day.
Prague has a unique claim to fame: throwing officials out of windows has sparked major European conflicts not once, but three times in history.
In 897 AD, Pope Stephen VI exhumed his predecessor's corpse, dressed it in papal vestments, and put it on trial in one of the most macabre spectacles in Church history.
Hundreds of people danced uncontrollably for days in Strasbourg. What caused this mysterious phenomenon?