Answers to correspondents: When was the 52-card playing deck first used? What game would have been played?
The Cloisters or Flemish Hunting Deck ... having noticed that they were much older than their listed 16th-century date. The ...
500-year-old diaries tell a story of plague, famine and ‘despair’ in Transylvania
Researchers are using diary entries, travel notes, religious registers, and other primary historical records to better understand extreme climate shifts in Transylvania during the 16th century.