Category: Miscellaneous
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How Medieval Medicine is Helping us Today
Today, many people have very staunchly held beliefs on medicine and cures for all sorts of ailments. Some people rigidly champion ‘western’ medicine, only believing in the effectiveness of drugs prescribed by doctors, usually in the form of man-made pills. Others go for the ‘alternative’ medicine route, preferring to use natural products in the form…
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Medieval Squabbles: Modern Relatability to the Medieval Royal Court
My posts have often emphasised our similarity with people from the medieval period, as I believe it is an important and interesting aspect of studying medieval history. Whilst those living in medieval England did lead very different lives to us today, often their issues and worries were not as extreme as worrying about plague, or…
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Mischievous Monks and Naughty Nuns
Many people perceive the medieval times to be extremely religious, with the Church constantly pushing the ideas of sin and salvation onto the population. Ideas of overly zealous churchmen preaching to trembling congregations are conjured, with everyone concerned about the soul and the afterlife. Whilst aspects of this are true, the reality is that medieval…
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The Humanity of Manuscripts
Following on from my previous blog post, where I discussed the idea that the use of historical pictures in social media could highlight to modern eyes the humanity of people who lived long ago, I thought I would delve deeper into this idea by looking at examples from medieval manuscripts. During my Masters, I was…
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