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It seems that when science is not developed, knowledge is still limited, Renaissance people mainly live on . faith!

In this age, thanks to Google, we can learn all knowledge with a simple click. However, those who lived in previous historical periods did not have such convenience, so they always believed and spread some really bizarre ideas.

In particular, these strange beliefs appear especially in the period that marked the end of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance. You will feel surprised when you learn about the cure for death, until the unreasonable rules of this era.

1. Hearing animals

The enforcement of justice in this period has no preference for distinguishing between humans and animals. That means animals also have to stand trial, convict, judge like a human.

In the Middle Ages, pigs also had to attend court . like people!

In 1266, a pig had to stand trial and was sentenced to burn alive for allegedly being the culprit of a murder.

2. How to distract unusual animals

Scientists of this time have a different way of looking at animals than we do today.

Bees during this period are considered a bird.

For them, bees are not considered insects but a small bird. Meanwhile, beavers are said to be fish only because they can swim.

3. Animals are medicines

Many people in this era believe that an owl can treat gout. You just need to catch it, kill and pluck it, burn it to ash and mix it with lard to have gout treatment.

When there is no effective medicine, people can use anything to make medicine.

4. Method of treating chickens

Bubonic plague was a terrible obsession of the Middle Ages. has spread and robbed nearly 50% of the old continental population.

Medical professionals of this period did not know how to treat the disease, and they began to think of some very crazy treatments.

Renaissance people treat "black death" by rubbing chickens on a plague ulcer.

One of those treatments is to rub the chickens onto the plague ulcer. And of course this way of doing nothing.

 

Skull skull is also a cure in this period. Drilling a hole in the skull is thought to work to free a human from evil spirits, eliminating the causes of illness.

Drilling a hole in the skull is said to work to free a human from evil spirits.

It is also believed that this helps to block clogged blood vessels and cure severe headache, seizures, convulsions.

6. The royal hand touch

Some people in the Middle Ages believed that the Royal Family could cure all sicknesses of the people with one touch.

Although it does not work, it is better than drinking mercury anyway.

Maybe this is just a rumor originating from the Royal Family itself. Although it does not work, it is better than drinking mercury anyway.

7. Belief in strange creatures

In this era people are really scared of strange creatures. These include the anecdotes about Cynocephalus, the monster with the head of the dog or Blemmye - the headless monster.

Cynocephalus - a monster with a dog's head.

The Romans really believed in the existence of a monster with human heads, lion bodies and scorpion tails.

8. Devils live in

Today, Brussels sprouts are a normal and familiar dish for us. But in this period, no one ate this vegetable and avoided them like evil.

All are derived from the belief that there are demons residing in these tiny buds.