Tag: medical history

• An Interview With: Sylvia Barbara Soberton, Historical Author

  

  We are excited to return to our interview series today as we speak to Sylvia Barbara Soberton. Sylvia is a writer and researcher specialising in the history of the Tudors. She debuted in 2015 with her bestselling book “The Forgotten Tudor Women: Mary Howard, Mary Shelton & Margaret Douglas”. Sylvia’s other best-sellers include “Golden Age…

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  October 20, 2020

  An Interview With

  Author, Books, history, History Author, History Book, Interview, medical history, medicine, medieval medicine, Tudor, Tudor England, Women’s History

• Monthly Round-Up: History in the News, February 2020

  

  Another month has passed, and so far 2020 seems full of new archaeological discoveries. Here are some of our favourite picks from what news has come out in the history world this month. Walls made from human leg bones have been found underneath a Belgian Church. Just this week, excavations revealed an unusual discovery in…

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  February 26, 2020

  Monthly Round Up

  Ancient Egypt, Ancient History, Archaeology, Belgium, British History, Cave Paintings, LGBT History, medical history, Medieval History, Medieval Scotland, News, Science, Spain

• 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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  February 25, 2017

  Miscellaneous

  European History, history, medical history, medicine, Medieval History, medieval hygiene, medieval medicine