This book provides a comprehensive historical treatment of the Latin liturgy in medieval England. Richard Pfaff constructs a history of the worship carried out in churches - cathedral, monastic, or ...
In medieval England, women in labor wrapped birth girdles around their abdomens to protect ... and the Early Modern Period This volume offers Ingrid Baumgärtner's central articles on the medieval and ...
The majority of people were peasants. The Church's role in medieval life in England The Catholic Church in medieval England was hugely powerful. William I’s rapid building programme of churches ...
This study of illicit sexuality in medieval England explores links between marriage and sex, law and disorder, and property and power. Some medieval Englishwomen endured rape or were kidnapped for ...
Herstmonceux Castle, near Hastings in the south of England, is the setting for the annual England's Medieval Festival ... Don’t forget to visit the living history encampments, where people ...
who used monasteries as a source of healthcare and support in times of need. The Church remained an important institution in England, but some of its influence had diminished.