A thousand years of historical sources make it clear that migraine is more than just a headache.
This is a PDF file. I use this information to teach students about the different social roles during the Middle Ages. Pages should be printed on card stock and laminated for classroom use. (Full PDF not shown)
Did you know that while the medieval times took place between the 400s AD to the 1400s AD, many of our common practices of basic hygiene didn’t even become popular until the 1900s? Now more than ever, our practices of healthy habits and sanitation have immensely improved, let alone within the past century. So that might have you wondering, what exactly were people up to before then? Unfortunately, their idea of sanitary was far below our basic standards, but their thought process behind it all is just as fascinating! Here’s a list of 30 ways people living in the times of Medieval Europe kept themselves clean and tidy.
What point in time would you have been the happiest?
There used to be a lot of messy guidelines that decided whether or not it was okay to have sex, but this chart will help you navigate them with your purity intact.
Medieval Medicine. Medicine during the middle ages drew on earlier teachings from Galen and Hippocrates. Religion had a role in Medieval medicine.
The Distaff Gospels (Les Évangiles des Quenouilles), a fascinating fifteenth-century collection of more than 250 popular beliefs, constitutes a kind of encyclopedia of late medieval women’s wisdom. The women’s beliefs and experiences are recounted within the narrative frame of traditional gatherings where women meet with their spindles and distaffs to spin. They share advice on…
A plague upon you!
During the Middle Ages, one of ways physicians would check on the health of their patients was to look at their urine.
Your gait would probably be a little different if you walked around without soles on your shoes, too.
I received complimentary tickets in exchange for sharing this information and my honest opinion. With all the craziness of the Coronavirus going on, I thought I would share one of my must-visit attractions near Chicago
The Regimen Sanitatus Salernum was the Middle Ages' most famous health manual. How does it hold up?
Birth control and abortion did take place in the Middle Ages and, like today, there were many medical and ethical issues that medieval people had to contend with.
Discover the valor of fascinating fun facts about medieval knights in our insightful guide. Unveil the chivalrous tales and heroic feats!
We got milk when we domesticated goats and sheep around 9,000 BC. At first, that milk was easier to digest when fermented. So yogurt, along with other Neolithic foods, helped fuel civilization.
Residues of food was found inside 500-year-old pottery at the medieval town of West Cotton in Northamptonshire.
A detailed recipe for making white soap from fourteenth-century England.
What do you think, do you think people were always chowing down on pizza on Friday nights? Well, let’s just say that back in the day, people ate a lot differently than we do now. However, it’s not like this is really news to anyone.Still, it’s fun to go back in history to see what humans were eating way back then. Specifically, we want to talk about the foods that were consumed during medieval times. Yeah, let’s just say that things have changed quite a bit since then.
The medieval times bore witness to a whole host of strange remedies that we would understandably find laughable these days. In this article, we’ll be taking a close look at them…
Hitherto peripheral (if not outright ignored) in general medieval historiography, medieval medical history is now a vibrant subdiscipline, one that is rightlyattracting more and more attention from ‘mainstream’ historians and other studentsof cultural history.
These might have worked in Medieval times but don’t try them at home!
Want to know about the Middle Ages? You’ve come to the right place! I’ve collected a wide assortment of resources for this unit study on Medieval Times with a focus on Europe. While our…
Life in a medieval castle would have been full of pomp and ceremony, but also very cold and smelly! Discover Medieval castle life - including the toilets!
Uncover the delicious secrets of medieval food with our in-depth exploration of Middle Ages cuisine. Join us on this culinary journey today!
Many images that have been traditionally used to depict the Black Death are, in fact, not images of the plague at all. Now, a group of dedicated historians are trying to correct the record.
Medieval Times is fun for the whole family and here is all you need to know before you go and when you arrive for this special dinner and show.
Discover the medieval diet in detail for different social statuses in this article. Read here for more information.
What was it like to be a physician in the Middle Ages? A poem by a 14th-century doctor sheds a little light on the challenges of practicing medicine in medieval times.
If you think, as some do today, that many drugs used as medicines are potentially deadly, consider what people living in medieval times were prescribed as
