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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What happy endings teach us in childhood
Kate Wilkinson explores why, in quest fiction, good must triumph over evil, and what that means both for childhood dreams and adult realities.
Catalogue
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Cardiovascular physiology in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries / [Jerome Joseph Bylebyl].
Bylebyl, Jerome J. (Jerome Joseph), 1943-Date: [1976]- Books
Sources for the history of medicine in medieval England / selected, introduced, and translated by Carole Rawcliffe.
Date: 1995- Books
The Oxford handbook of women and gender in medieval Europe / edited by Judith M. Bennett and Ruth Mazo Karras.
Date: 2013- Books
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The history of the study of medicine in the British Isles : The Fitzpatrick lectures for 1905-6 delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London / Norman Moore.
Moore, Norman, 1847-1922.Date: 1908- Books
Revelations of divine love / Julian of Norwich ; translated with an introduction and notes by Barry Windeatt.
Julian, of Norwich, 1343-Date: [2015]