Art Historian Jake Hartnell takes us on a macabre and enthralling journey from head to toe in the medieval human body. This is fascinating because, even though we share the same bodies as our medieval ancestors, we had wildly diverging beliefs about the inherent symbolic power of parts of our bodies and what could heal,Continue reading “Book Review: Medieval Bodies Life and Death in the Middle Ages by Jake Hartnell”
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Book Review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
* Contains no spoilers ๐๐๐๐๐ This is a book to devour in enormous gulps. When you do come up for air, fill yourself with black tea and then settle back into your armchair, to be borne aloft once more. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is a bittersweet and melancholy tale of a woman named AgnesContinue reading “Book Review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent”
Omnia tempus habent: a delightful medieval rhyming calendar
Omnia tempus habent – All things have their season. Ecclesiastes Here is a medieval rhyming calendar depicting the labours of the months in the fields, designing in rhyming couplets dating from 14th century England. And yes the mis-spelling of the words is intentional. This is how it was spelt in Old English of medieval times.Continue reading “Omnia tempus habent: a delightful medieval rhyming calendar”
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