Stories
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The bishop’s profitable sex workers
How did the Church rake in revenue from 14th-century sex regulations? Kate Lister explores a bishop’s lucrative rulebook.
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Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern
Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.
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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
- In pictures
Gay men in London, from persecution to Pride
Ben Gazur’s whistle-stop tour of the history of gay men in London takes us from 14th-century persecution to modern Pride events.
Catalogue
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Uroscopy scene, 14th century?
- Digital Images
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Parturition stool (model) 14th century
- Archives and manuscripts
M0007919: Astrological Man, 14th century
Date: 11 June 1941Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/68/31Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Digital Images
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G. de Chauliac, Consulation, 14th century
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G. de Chauliac, Consulation, 14th century