Daily Medieval

The Royal Touch was not just for scrofula , nor was it just a simple touch. Epilepsy was another disease that would bring folk to the king ...

Scrofula, characterized by swellings on the neck, is caused when someone inhales air contaminated with mycobacterium. The bacteria infect th...

...are the hands of a healer." This line from The Lord of the Rings  sounds fantastical, but as a first-rate historian and medievalist,...