Stories
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Race, religion and the Black Madonna
Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.
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The cures and demons of sleep paralysis
Discover the murky past of sleep paralysis, the terrifying disorder once associated with demonic possession
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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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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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A dissertation on the Folclande and Boclande of the Saxons
Ibbetson, James- Books
Corporeality in the psychology of the Anglo-Saxons / by Leslie Lockett.
Lockett, Leslie.Date: 2004- Books
Food and diet among Franks and Anglo-Saxons, 410AD to 1066AD / Robert Morris.
Morris, Robert.Date: 2000- Books
Everyday life in medieval London : from the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors / Toni Mount.
Mount, ToniDate: 2014- Books
Racial myth in English history : Trojans, Teutons, and Anglo-Saxons / Hugh A. MacDougall.
MacDougall, Hugh A.Date: 1982