Showing posts with label families. Show all posts
Showing posts with label families. Show all posts
Sunday, 9 June 2013

Christopher Marlowe's family and the birth of Modern English midwifery in Elizabethan Canterbury.

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This is a speech that I delivered to the Marlowe Society in Canterbury on 8 June 2013:                                              ...
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012

To Bring on the Flowers: Medieval Women Menstruating.

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 It happened once a month for most of their adults lives. So, on a practical level, how did medieval women cope with menstruation and how ...
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Sunday, 11 November 2012

Interview with Amy Licence

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Read my interview with Mimi Moore on her interesting website "The Royal Firm": full of stories about the royals past and presents...
Friday, 21 October 2011

Naughty Tudors: The historical realities of sex outside marriage

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 Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, who displeased her brother, Henry VIII, by marrying for love in 1515. A Tudor woman’s social sta...
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Thursday, 29 September 2011

Bequeathing her Worldly Goods

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 Domestic recycling in the wills of Tudor and Stuart women . Wills are often controversial, regardless of their historical moment.   As dea...
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011

The naming of Tudor Babies.

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Today the naming of babies is a serious business. Parents-to-be can choose from a wealth of books and websites dedicated to the topic and e...
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