Bald’s Leechbook / Medieval History Bald’s Leechbook is an Anglo-Saxon medical text from the 9th century. In 2015 one of the recipes (it used garlic, a bronze pot, and bile from a cow, among other things) was found to be successful in treating MRSA. TagsAncient Egypt (30) ancient greece (74) animals (101) anthropology (87) archaeology (122) architecture (79) art (407) Central/late Middle Ages (84) Central and Late Middle Ages (33) Christian history (174) disease (121) Early Middle Ages (55) economic history (49) environmental history (155) Eurasia/Middle Eastern history (201) evolution (64) fashion history (43) folklore (35) folklore/mythology (102) history of education (54) history of food (41) History of Magic (44) history of race (42) history of sex (59) Islamic history (25) Jewish history (46) literature (242) math (47) medicine (166) medieval (83) military history (104) mythology (29) political history (143) pre-history (57) religion (330) Rome (151) science (63) social history (265) technology (99) U.S. history (105) U.S. natural parks (55) warfare (90) weapons (55) women (26) women's history (213) Categories Africa, Asia and South Asia (133) Ancient History (383) Big History (55) Byzantine History (37) Early Americas (42) Early Modern (213) Fabulous Females (129) History of Science (253) Live Reporting (181) Long 19th- 20th centuries (405) Medieval History (393)
Wood Stanway and How the Black Death Changed England’s Landscape Medieval History / August 22, 2023 / Central and Late Middle Ages, environmental history, technology Looking at the ridges and furrows of fields such as this, one can get a rare glimpse of what Medieval agricultural topography was like. The…
Silphium Ancient History, History of Science, Medieval History / October 24, 2023 / ancient greece, Rome Potential happy post-extinction post! The drawing you see here is artist Nirupa Rao’s rendition of a plant that some believe to be an extremely rare…
Beowulf Medieval History / July 18, 2024 / Early Middle Ages, literature, medieval, weapons It’s _Beowulf_ day in my Early Medieval Europe class, which I absolutely never get sick of — the bloody wrestling match of Beowulf and Grendel,…
Mythos of Jupiter Medieval History / November 1, 2023 / mythology This past September of 2022, the planet Jupiter was both in opposition (opposite the sun relative to earth) and at its closest position to earth…