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  2. Medieval Life and Death

Medieval Life and Death

Get the lowdown on everyday life in the medieval era with a week of talks from leading historians

The Resurrection of Jesus
Medieval

Eggs, bunnies and Jesus Christ: the history and origins of Easter

An architectural grotesque of a woman displaying her vulva
Medieval

How naughty was the past? The hidden depths of the medieval church

Two lovers rest after a hunt, Codex Manesse
Medieval

Saturday lecture: Medieval love and marriage

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Tournament between the Duke of Brittany and the Duke of Bourbon. (Photo by Christophel Fine Art/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Medieval

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #7: what it meant to be ‘blue’ in the Middle Ages (and more killer rabbits)

Doctors tending to a patient, 14th century. (Photo by Getty Images)
Medieval

Saturday lecture: Medieval disease and medicine

Man and woman using a long-handled wooden paddle to bake bread in an oven, 15th century. (Photo by Getty Images)
Medieval

Saturday lecture: Medieval food

Medieval punishments
Medieval

How bloody was medieval life?

Medieval Life and Death Festival
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Two fighting Irishmen with axes, one hitting another in the head. Illustration after the Roy manuscript, 13th century (Photo by Getty Images)
Medieval

Saturday lecture: Medieval crime and violence

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Doctor treating a patient, from a 14th-century manuscript. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
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Elma Brenner on medieval wellbeing: “People in the Middle Ages were absolutely focused on staying healthy”

A Pictish stone carving featuring a salmon
Early medieval

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #3: the salmon of knowledge, rolling Roman mosaics, eels, and Crusades

Dissection of human cadaver by physicians
Medieval

Ask the medieval doctor: 6 ailments and their treatments

Medieval banquet
Medieval

What time of the day did medieval people eat?

An illumination depicts medieval women embroidering
Medieval

Medieval misconceptions: 12 myths about life in the Middle Ages – busted

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