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.
- Interview
Refugee health on a pound a day
Two refugees living a hand-to-mouth existence in the UK explain how trauma has affected their health, and how a little kindness is bringing them hope.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain
After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.
Catalogue
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Women in early Syrian Christianity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey.
Harvey, Susan AshbrookDate: 1983- Books
Fasting women in Judaism and Christianity in late antiquity / Veronika Grimm.
Grimm, Veronika.- Books
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First converts : rich pagan women and the rhetoric of mission in early Judaism and Christianity / Shelly Matthews.
Matthews, ShellyDate: [2001], ©2001- Books
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The body and society : men, women, and sexual renunciation in early Christianity / Peter Brown.
Brown, Peter, 1935-Date: 1988- Books
The New Testament on sexuality / William Loader.
Loader, William R. G., 1944-Date: 2012