Series in which historian and author Helen Castor explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life - birth, marriage and death.

In Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death, historian and author Dr. Helen Castor (She-Wolves: England's Early Queens) examines how the people of the Middle Ages handled three of life's great rites ...

Historian and author Helen Castor, presenter of the popular series She-Wolves, explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life: birth ...

In medieval England, women in labor wrapped birth girdles around their abdomens to protect themselves and their unborn children. These parchment or paper rolls replicated the “girdle relics” of the ...

In Poland the miraculous birth of the Saviour has been widely represented through a range of works inspired by Matthew and Luke's literary depictions in evangelical texts, from Romanesque Art through ...

Medieval women would consume juniper berries ... In particular, the church viewed any form of birth control as contrary to the divine plan. Canon law began to reflect these beliefs, with harsh ...

Medieval Women: In their Own Words spans the ... No wider than a receipt, but as long as a human when unrolled, it’s a 15 th ...

The Polish History Museum in Warsaw has mounted a dazzling exhibition commemorating the 1,000th anniversary of the coronation of Poland's first king, Bolesław I the Brave.