Saturday, 18 January 2025

Medieval Women Doctors

 There were women doctors in the Middle Ages. In 1292 there were 8 registered women doctors in Paris (it was then a town of about 80,000 people). In 1311 women in France were forbidden to practice as surgeons unless they passed an examination in front of master surgeons.

Thursday, 16 January 2025

Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Saturday, 11 January 2025

Wednesday, 1 January 2025

The Tudor Year

 I wrote an article called What Happened on This Day in Tudor History. It's a list of dates during the year and bits of info about what happened on that day.

Monday, 2 December 2024

Washing in the Middle Ages

 Once again I came across the myth that people in the Middle Ages did not wash. They did. This interesting article explains how they washed.