Myth: Medieval people were filthy. Sure, it would take until the 19th century for the germ theory of disease to overtake the concept of humors and “miasmas” that could damage human health.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) In medieval Europe, transgender individuals affirmed their gender identities without medical intervention by altering their appearance, names, and social roles.

Not all medieval nights were created equal - and Halloween was one of the most unsettling. In this episode, we travel back to ...

Medieval people, including surgeons and patients, likely would not have had positive views of surgery that involved removing working body parts. Illustration from a Latin translation of Albucasis ...

But medieval European women worked outside the home and contributed economically, too; they were farmers, bakers, brewers, tavern owners, shopkeepers, weavers, and (legal) sex workers.

Diaries written in the 16th century have helped researchers to chronicle famine, flooding and plagues in medieval Romania, shedding light on life during Europe’s Little Ice Age.

The mania rocketed around Western Europe, afflicting people in France and the Netherlands before subsiding. Then again in 1518, it "reappeared, explosively, in the city of Strasbourg in 1518.

And for the Middle Ages and for people living in medieval Europe, astrology was also really a part of daily life, and it was utilized in ways that I think we would be unfamiliar with today: ...

Medieval pandemics spawned fears of the undead, burials reveal. An analysis of graves shows a spike in people buried face-down as plagues ravaged German-speaking Europe.

Restrictions on medical care for transgender youth assume that without the ability to medically transition, trans people will vanish.As o Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...