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Medieval
Bathing & Hygiene:
The Tools & Toilette of a Medieval Woman Presentation
Did medieval women bathe, smell nice, use skin care
products and generally have a reasonable standard of hygiene?
Did she clean her teeth or style her hair? What if she was
poor? Includes museum quality reproductions of hygiene tools
and samples of recipes from medieval manuscripts.
Approx 45 minutes
duration.
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Between
Linen Sheets:
The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women
To whom could the medieval woman turn for reliable, up-to-date
advice on matters of sexual health, producing heirs, contraception
and her issues in the martial bed? What kind of advice was
it? This is a candid look at this very private subject and
explores what we know about sex from court documents and other
private historical sources! Includes slideshow of manuscript
images.
Approx 45 minute duration.
Please note: Adult themes. Trigger warning.
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Secret
Women's Business:
Feminine Hygiene in the Middle Ages
This talk takes a candid look at medieval medical beliefs
associated with menstruation and explores what medieval woman
potentially did and didn't do at that certain time of the
month, and why. This includes samples of potential substances
used and the results of road-testing them. Includes slideshow
of colour images.
Approx 45 minutes duration.
Please note: Adult themes.
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That's
What She Said:
Medieval Women and Literacy
Books. We know medieval women owned them and read them, but
who was reading what and why? Who taught women to read and
is this where the romance novel really started? What about
writing? Were medieval women as illiterate as we are told
they are and what do we know to disprove it? Includes a slideshow
of manuscript images.
Approx 45 minutes duration.
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Single
Medieval Women:
Who Were They & What Did They Do?
Many women were not married. They were girls, maidens yet
to wed, widows, workers, sisters, beggars and nuns and not
all of them led lives of compliant meekness. Dip your toe
into the world of medieval singles and discover a sub set
of society living their best and worst lives in unexpected
ways. Includes slideshow of manuscript images.
Approx 1 hour duration.
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Medieval
Sewing Samples Interactive Display
An exciting opportunity for members of the public to see up
close reproduction sewing items from the 14th century and
compare them to todays items, including needles, pins and
a selection of thimbles. In addition, there are samples of
sewing tools, wools, woolen cloth, fur and finished items
of clothing which all may be handled and examined! A fun Wool
Guessing Game is included for those who think they can tell
what's modern and what's not!
Approx. 45 minutes duration.
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The
Medieval Bedroom Trial Talk
A look at what a medieval bedroom trial was and a look at
how it worked. Includes witness statements from women participating
from actual 15th century court records preserved for posterity.
Approx 45 minutes duration.
Please note: Adult themes. Trigger warning.
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14th
century Cloth Button Making Workshop
This is available as a visual presentation and also a Hands-On
workshop. The cloth button-making workshops will give you
the skills needed to create the finishing touches to your
medieval outfit or hood. Easy to follow with the chance to
take home your own button in the workshops.
30 minutes duration.
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