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![]() Medieval Bodies is published in association with Wellcome Collection. ![]() Unfolding like a medieval pageant, and filled with saints, soldiers, caliphs, queens, monks and monstrous beasts, it throws light on the medieval body from head to toe - revealing the surprisingly sophisticated medical knowledge of the time in the process.īringing together medicine, art, music, politics, philosophy and social history, there is no better guide to what life was really like for the men and women who lived and died in the Middle Ages. In this richly-illustrated and unusual history, Jack Hartnell uncovers the fascinating ways in which people thought about, explored and experienced their physical selves in the Middle Ages, from Constantinople to Cairo and Canterbury. And yet their lives were full of miraculous and richly metaphorical experiences radically different to our own, unfolding in a world where deadly wounds might be healed overnight by divine intervention, or the heart of a king, plucked from his corpse, could be held aloft as a powerful symbol of political rule. Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love and had children. ![]() gruesome history of the body in the Middle Ages, from saints relics to lovesick troubadours. makes the past at once familiar, exotic and thrilling.' Dominic Sandbrook Medieval Bodies : Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR ![]() ![]() ![]() Why can some people and companies change overnight, and some stay stuck in their old ruts? The answer lies deep in the human brain, and The Power of Habits reveals the secret pressure points that can change a life. 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Married once for seven years, she spent the last twenty-five years of her life in the company of women. ![]() ![]() She grew up in the Southern United States and the Bahama Islands, went north to graduate school, and west to sort out her life in 1972. 1965) and Pratt Institute ( M.F.A., 1968), she became an outspoken advocate and activist for lesbian sexual, literary, and artistic expression. Petersburg, Florida, and educated at Newcomb College, Tulane University St. Corinne (born Linda Tee Cutchin), (NovemAugust 27, 2006) was an American photographer, visual artist, writer, and activist. ![]() ![]() The competition on the show is fierce.and so is the simmering desire between Ashna and Rico. But when their catastrophic first meeting goes viral, social media becomes obsessed with their chemistry. ![]() The only silver lining to this bizarre situation is that he can finally prove to Ashna that he's definitely over her. Losing Ashna years ago almost destroyed him. 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