The church and state reinforced a strong aversion ... Mugwort had multiple uses in medieval medicine, including its ...

A church in East Yorkshire is hosting a series of events to mark its 800th anniversary and to raise funds for its restoration ...

The medieval period was famous for ... Dark Ages soon gave way to The Middle Ages. But medicine didn’t get much better. By now the Church held a tight grip over medical ideas, and preached ...

Throughout the medieval period, there were over 1,000 ... The monasteries also preserved ancient ideas about medicine.

These documents, compiled from several archives and city records, cast a light on many aspects of medieval life, including gender distinctions and the heavy influence of the church. Included are wills ...

In the medieval church, women's roles were limited—usually ... officers who maintained rank at court by working in trade, medicine or the military. Women were never paid directly; their husbands ...

When the extraordinary legend of Saint Mary was first translated into Old English from Latin by an unknown author just over a millennium ago, it became the medieval ... when the Church was very ...

medicine, music, drama, philosophy, gender, sexuality, mysticism and technology, as well as medievalism. 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies The 60th International Congress on Medieval ...