Childbirth isn't for the faint-hearted at the best of times, let alone in the medieval period. What was a birthing room like at this time in history? Who would have been in there helping bring a new ...

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Margaret of Provence, the wife of Louis IX of France, was a woman of strength, deeply emotional sensitivity, and quiet resilience - qualities often overshadowed by the towering presence of her husband ...

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But while sexual and reproductive violence is somewhat accurate for the medieval age, so are myriad other things that seem to fall off the storyboard when it’s time to add authenticity.

Medieval women made their flesh into pure meaning. In childbirth, they wrapped their bellies in silk and paper girdles inscribed with prayers and instructions: Count the drops of Christ’s blood ...