Medieval Era
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008I recently read the article listed for Channel 4’s Worst Jobs in History and have my own input to add to this. We’ll start with the Medieval one first. Listed out, they are as follows: Fuller, arming squire, leech collector, barber-surgeon, stone worker, lime burner, treadmill worker, lance maker, chain-mail maker, royal falconer, purple maker, […]
Getting Medieval on Your Teeth!
Friday, March 28th, 2008Sorry 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 in the Mid to Late Medieval Times
Thursday, March 13th, 2008After 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, 2008The 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, 2008OK, 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, 2008My 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, 2008One 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 […]
Brothels and Prostitutes
Thursday, February 21st, 2008As pious as the church ruled medieval times were, brothels were still in operation. In fact, they were in operation under consent of the church as they considered it a necessary evil to help fight the sins of rape and sodomy. Prostitutes were so welcomed in fact that they even were able to be absolved […]
The Downfall of Medieval Medicine
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Medieval medicine was based on the research the ancient Greeks had performed and so followed the works of men, such as Galen, closely. While Galen made amazing discoveries in the human body like heart valves, spinal cord and muscle control, he also had some things very wrong like the placement of all the organs since […]
Fasting
Thursday, February 14th, 2008Contrary to popular belief, fasting during medieval times did not just occur on special occasions such as Lent and Advent, but every other day of the week. Gluttony was a sin much frowned upon and in an effort to keep gluttons at bay, the church ordained that Wednesdays and Fridays (Saturdays sometimes too) were the […]
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