Daily Medieval

Her full name was Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb, and she was born in the late 6th century, a member of the Banu Sa'd. The Banu Sa'd wa...

The Koran is the only text of the Abrahamic religions (Islam, Christianity, Judaism) that mentions anything related to mothers and the feedi...

Yesterday I talked about philosopher Ramon Lull and his thoughts on the role of human milk in the proper raising of children. He was born i...

Ramon Llull was a 13th century Catalan mystic and theologian whose controversial writings made him many enemies. One of his more interestin...

Since "infant formula" was not invented until the 20th century, breastfeeding was the standard way to get nourishment into a baby....

A "wet nurse" is a woman hired to breastfeed a baby when the baby's own mother is unable or unwilling to do so. The mother may...