SOURCES – 15 harsh realities of living in medieval times

The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “15 harsh realities of living in medieval times.”

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  2. Preventing infection: lessons from the past
  3. Protecting body and soul in medieval childbirth
  4. Children and toys in the Middle Ages
  5. Ancient wisdom: what tooth decay can tell us about the past
  6. A quantitative hydroclimatic context for the European Great Famine of 1315–1317
  7. The Stench of Disease: Public Health and the Environment in Late-Medieval English towns and cities
  8. How did the elderly poor survive in the past?
  9. Finding Facts in Medieval English Law 
  10. History of Mental Illness
  11. Medieval professions and the feudal system
  12. Bubonic plague: the first pandemic
  13. Peasant houses in Midland England