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Inequality in medieval Cambridge was 鈥榬ecorded on the bones鈥 of its residents

26 Jan 2021

Life in medieval Cambridge was toughest for the ordinary workers, according to a study of the 鈥渟keletal trauma鈥 found on remains from three different...

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National Library of Ireland, Manuscript G11 403a10. Image, Irish Scripts on Screen www.isos.dias.ie

Lost Irish words rediscovered, including the word for 鈥榦ozes pus'

30 Aug 2019

Researchers from Cambridge and Queen鈥檚 探花直播 Belfast have identified and defined 500 Irish words, many of which had been lost, and unlocked the...

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鈥楳urder map鈥 reveals medieval London鈥檚 meanest streets

28 Nov 2018

First digital map of the murders recorded by the city's Coroner in early 1300s shows Cheapside and Cornhill were homicide 鈥榟ot spots鈥, and Sundays...

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Decorative detail on the Billingford Hutch

探花直播Billingford Hutch and the moonwort fern 鈥 a medieval mystery solved

10 Dec 2017

A heavy oak chest in the Parker Library (Corpus Christi College) was used to store objects left as collateral for loans of money. Its ironwork...

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Discarded History exhibition lifts the lid on 1,000 years of medieval history

27 Apr 2017

Treasures from the world鈥檚 largest and most important collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts 鈥 chronicling 1,000 years of history in Old Cairo 鈥...

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Revealed: face of 鈥榦rdinary poor鈥 man from medieval Cambridge

20 Mar 2017

New facial reconstruction of a man buried in a medieval hospital graveyard discovered underneath a Cambridge college sheds light on how ordinary poor...

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Detail from the Cambridge Songs manuscript leaf that was stolen from and then recovered by Cambridge  探花直播 Library.

First performance in 1,000 years: 鈥榣ost鈥 songs from the Middle Ages are brought back to life

23 Apr 2016

An ancient song repertory will be heard for the first time in 1,000 years this week after being 鈥榬econstructed鈥 by a Cambridge researcher and a world...

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From Pulp to Fiction: our love affair with paper

17 Mar 2016

It may seem strange to describe paper as technology, but its arrival in England in about 1300 was a pivotal moment in cultural history. That story is...

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 探花直播Vikings are coming

Opinion: From Medieval kings to modern politics: the origins of England鈥檚 North-South divide

26 Feb 2016

Fiona Edmonds (Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic) discusses devolution and the medieval kingdoms of England.

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 探花直播"empericum that never fails" in the margin of the Compendium of Gilbertus Anglicus. 探花直播instructions are for making and applying an amulet for conception.

Remedies for infertility: how performative rituals entered early medical literature

24 Jan 2016

A study of one of the most important medieval texts devoted to women鈥檚 medicine has opened a window into the many rituals associated with conception...

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Derge iron water bottle.

Where to find a dragon in Cambridge

24 Jun 2015

探花直播Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, D is for...

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 探花直播ghostly faces under UV light

Ghosts from the past brought back to life

01 Apr 2015

One of the UK鈥檚 most important medieval manuscripts is revealing ghosts from the past after new research and imaging work discovered eerie faces and...

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