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Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death

How people in the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life.

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A Good Marriage

Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death - 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

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A Good Birth

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

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A Good Death

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

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