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Sin absorptions and urine collectors
In past centuries, people had many ways to earn money about which few people know about today or which seem strange to us. For example, in the Middle Ages there was a position of “beating”, and in ancient Rome, in one of the works, women were obliged to maintain virginity. Have you heard who are the absorptions of sins? And why did the Royal Snukach need at court? Check your knowledge in the Cold test.
Test about the professions of the past that you did not know about
In ancient Rome was the profession of Urina's collector. Why did it use it?
For the production of fertilizers
For washing clothes
For the manufacture of spirits
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At the Roman funeral, one could meet a person in the clothes of the deceased. Who was he?
A person parody of the deceased
Professional weeper
The funeral service of sins
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In medieval Europe, there was a profession of "royal sniffer." What function did he perform?
I was looking for sources of unpleasant odors in the castle
Appreciated the smell of the monarch before important meetings
Such a profession did not exist
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In the XVIII - XIX centuries in some regions of Great Britain there was a certain illegal, but highly paid work. What do you think these people did?
Tried to revive the dead with the help of electricity
They dug up corpses from graves for medical research
Stole people from the place of execution
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In the UK there was another unexpected profession - the absorptions of sins. They freed a deceased man from them. How?
Beat the human body with whips
They caused the spirit of the deceased
Eat from the chest of the dead
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A number of historians claim that in medieval Europe there was a position of “whipping boy”. Why was it needed?
They were beaten to relieve stress and entertainment
They were punished instead of the heir to the throne
They taught the heir to the throne to fight
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In ancient Rome there was a job on which women were obliged to store virginity. The violators were brutally punished - they were walled up in the wall alive. What did these women do?
Engaged in raising children of nobility
They supported the sacred fire
Such work did not exist
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At the court of the French kings in the 17th century there was a position of "royal Sheptun." What are the responsibilities, in your opinion, this person fulfilled?
Transmitted secret messages between the court
Whispered the king with advice during important meetings
This position did not exist
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