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Getting Medieval on Your Teeth!

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Sorry I have been slacking so bad and not posting a whole lot lately - even less than before and that was already infrequent as it was.  I’ve been crazy busy at work and at home.  Bleh… 
At any rate, my new topic - Dentistry in the Medieval Times.  Interestingly enough, there are many comparisons out […]

Sex and Marriage During Tudor Times

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

One of the most breakthrough aspects of marriage during the Tudor era was the fight for clergy to wed.  In the past as I’ve detailed in previous articles, all clergy were to remain celibate.  However, time and time again, the clergy were driven to the point of sin by their overwhelming biological need for sex, […]

Sex and Marriage in the Mid to Late Medieval Times

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

After the sexual repression encouraged by the church in the early Medieval days, the people must have finally started to rebel as the mid to late Medieval times were rampant with sex, especially in the country where the people were free of the tight laced social rules prevalent in larger cities.  In fact, most boys […]

Early Medieval Sex and Marriage

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

The church was literally obsessed with sexuality in the early Medieval times.  As you read through this, you will discover many practices today that still exist that were originated during their sex war; some of which you may have wondered about its origins, others may surprise you.  I certainly found it all very fascinating, but […]

Medieval Children, Part II

Friday, March 7th, 2008

OK, finally starting up part II on children in medieval times - I’m proud of myself - only a day later than I had hoped for.  :) 
Another aspect of childhood I wanted to discuss was the modern day chastising of the women of the medieval times tightly swaddling their babies.  Almost as soon as they […]

Medieval Children, Part I

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

My toddler has been especially tantrumish (is that a Bushism?) lately, so I was doing some research to see how best to deal with it.  As with everything, I immediately thought to myself, what would they have done during the medieval times with a screaming toddler?  I did a little research and found that surprisingly […]

The Importance of Herbs

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

One of the most overlooked aspects of a medieval home that was so vital to the household was the herb garden.  Almost every home possessed an herb garden.  In poorer and middle class homes, these gardens were tended to by the wives and daughters of the family.  Obviously, then wealthy had servants who tended their […]