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A Good Death
Helen Castor reveals how being remembered shaped not only the worship of the people of the Middle Ages but the very buildings and funding of the medieval Church itself.
Source: BBC 4
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A Good Marriage
Historian Helen Castor reveals how the Catholic Church tried to control marriage from the 12th century onwards, as a way to contain the troubling issue of sex.
20-08-2018
BBC 4
Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death
A Good Death
Helen Castor reveals how being remembered shaped not only the worship of the people of the Middle Ages but the very buildings and funding of the medieval Church itself.
12-06-2014
BBC 4
Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death
A Good Birth
Helen Castor reveals how the moment of labour and birth was one of the most dangerous times for a medieval woman, with no antiseptics or anaesthetics available.
13-08-2018
BBC 4