Daily Medieval

Trying to understand biology had many false starts. You probably have some idea of "humors" and the adjectives cold, hot, wet, and...

Hospitals in the Middle Ages could be designed for different clientele. Some (like the Jerusalem Hospital ) were specifically for pilgrims/c...

from a Latin copy of  Gynæcology by  Soranus of Ephesus Hysteria describes two different states: exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion o...

In 1527, when the healer and alchemist Paracelsus wanted to display his contempt for tradition, he burned a book in the town square in Basl...

Salerno, located on the lower "shin" of Italy's southwest coast, has been occupied continuously since pre-historic times, freq...