Stories
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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages
Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.
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Confession as therapy in the Middle Ages
The line between confession and counselling has been blurred for centuries.
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Guide dogs or good dogs from the Middle Ages
Medieval illustrations often show blind people, sometimes with dogs. But working out whether these were actually guide dogs involves a mix of detailed detective work and expert speculation.
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Self-obsessing in the age of selfies
The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.
Catalogue
- Books
Childbirth in the age of plastics / Michel Odent.
Odent, Michel, 1930-Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
On the purification of women : churching in northern France, 1100-1500 / Paula M. Rieder.
Rieder, Paula M., 1949-Date: 2006- Books
Birth over thirty / Sheila Kitzinger ; edited for the United States by Penny Simkin ; illustrations by Jo Nesbitt.
Kitzinger, SheilaDate: 1994- Books
Pregnancy and childbirth in the premodern world : European and Middle Eastern cultures, from late antiquity to the Renaissance / edited by Costanza Gislon Dopfel, Alessandra Foscati and Charles Burnett.
Date: [2019]- Books
Birth over thirty / Sheila Kitzinger ; edited for the United States by Penny Simkin, R.P.T. illustrations by Jo Nesbitt.
Kitzinger, SheilaDate: 1985
