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Leper healer – the sister of Thomas Becket

Tony McMahon7 years ago4 years ago26 mins

Mary Becket was the sister of Saint Thomas Becket and an unsung hero who created a leper colony in London as Tony McMahon discovers

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Understanding Leprosy in the Medieval Era

Tony McMahon9 years ago10 months ago58 mins

Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates how the leprosy pandemic terrified the medieval world and led to victims being excluded from mainstream society

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How to survive a medieval pandemic!

Tony McMahon14 years ago2 years ago412 mins

Tony McMahon looks at how to survive a medieval pandemic by examining the comments and actions of people who went through the Black Death

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Horrific medieval medical treatments!

Tony McMahon15 years ago2 years ago1010 mins

Medieval medicine appears very strange to people today. Disease was associated with sin and wrongdoing as Tony McMahon discovers

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Al-Qasim surgery
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Abu al-Quasim – the father of modern surgery

Tony McMahon15 years ago2 years ago47 mins

Abu al-Qasim was the father of modern surgery and a great example of a thinker from the era of the medieval Muslim caliphate in Spain

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Plague during the Templar period of history

Tony McMahon15 years ago2 years ago09 mins

When the Knights Templar were fighting in the Holy Land and running their operations across Europe – they might just as easily die of plague as being killed in battle.

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Horrible ways to die five hundred years ago

Tony McMahon15 years ago2 years ago04 mins

The horrible ways in which died five hundred years ago investigated by TV historian Tony McMahon

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