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October 30, 2024

Medieval Women in their own words

The British Library show Medieval Women in their own Words is a must-see if you're in London - if not, here is a photo story below for you to browse!

Christine de Pizan is the main woman that springs to mind... top of mind. The City of Ladies - there are others, and they are covered in this show

I sprained my ankle recently and thankfully medicine today is so sophisticated. I was touched by this story

Smelled amazing! Love how they made this show as sensuous as possible and interactive too

I thought moxibustion was a Chinese medicine thing but apparently more widely practised

Well done

A birth girdle! Makes sense

Well done again

;-)

Imagine only having one book. If you had only one book, what would it be? (1001 Nights for me!)

Generous ladies

:-)

Not so bad

Oh this was hilarious. It made it relevant to a contemporary audience and let us imagine - a really fun little game

More forward thinking

Well done Wales

Iceland!

I wonder if the same for Muslim communities - may be similarities, women had sometimes more rights than Christian women. That's not to say they had 'rights' as we know them today, they weren't liberated - just that Christian women were more oppressed

This is really bad luck

Brilliant

Now I'm moving house and downsizing. In the past, this was all the possessions a (rich) woman had. We have way too many things today... the average European owns 10,000 things now! Makes you think...