The Goals of Medieval Alchemists

If the modern paper-money economy were to collapse, we would fall back to gold.

• People need to find ways of working together, which leads us to find ways of exchanging goods and services.
• Gold is the logical choice of this exchange as it is one of the only substances on eart...

Putting two fingers up in the shape of a "V" behind your friend's head has a dark origin.

• In the Middle Ages, the bunny ear gesture was used to shame a man whose wife was unfaithful.
• The hand sign may also symbolise donkey ears - a common i...

The composers made use of dissonant chords, polychords, tone clusters and other creative music-making techniques to create their own unique sound.

The middle ages had a monopolistic musical texture, which later morphed into vocal music with church choirs, based on the sacr...