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Diagnosing the past
Historical texts rarely supply enough detail for a definitive diagnosis, so medical historians need to proceed with caution.
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How to live well, the medieval way
These days we might not think that celibacy could kill you, but otherwise, medieval tips to maintain wellness still often ring true.
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Living with less for spiritual gain
Today, a minimalist lifestyle is trumpeted as a route to happiness. Find out what religious ascetics from history and modern proponents of the spartan-looking home can teach us.
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Celibacy : putting sex in its place.
Date: 1993- Books
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Celibacy: or, good advice to young fellows to keep single. In which are painted, in very lively colours, the pictures of many terrible wives, both at court and in the city. Being an answer to Matrimony; or, good advice to the ladies, &c.
Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- Books
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An essay on celibacy.
Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
A history of celibacy / Elizabeth Abbott.
Abbott, Elizabeth, 1953-Date: 2001- Books
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A letter, on the celibacy of fellows of colleges: addressed to the senate. By a member of the University of Cambridge.
Member of the University of Cambridge.Date: [1794]