The Hamelin Project Research Journal
Every research project has a story behind it. This journal is where I record the discoveries, questions, library adventures, and occasional rabbit holes that make up The Hamelin Project.
Some days bring answers. Others simply lead to better questions. Either way, you're welcome to come along.
Were scholars asking the same questions about the Pied Piper 300 years ago?
Why has the Pied Piper story changed so much over seven centuries? Following the clues through the surviving sources.
Discover how the Pied Piper legend changed over time, and why the rats in the story may not have been there at the beginning.
Discover why historians still debate the mystery and what the original sources reveal.
Meet the eighteenth-century pastor whose work transformed research into the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
