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The Winchester Geese – medieval prostitution

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Tony McMahon

The Winchester Geese were medieval prostitutes and this blog looks at how they got their name.

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Category: Templar History Tags: Bishop of Winchester, brothel, burial, buried, church, Cross Bones, england, Knightfall, London, mcmahon, medieval, Middle Age, Obidos, prostitution, sex, sin, Southwark, stew, stews, taverns, Templar, Winchester Palace

Horrific medieval medical treatments!

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Tony McMahon

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

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Category: Templar History Tags: Anglo-Saxon, black death, Bubonic Plague, channel 4, Disease, illness, medicine, Medieval, Middle Age, Roman Empire, Tony Robinson

Terrible and random acts of violence in medieval Europe!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Tony McMahon

Stephen Pinker writes about some of the terrible and random acts of violence in medieval Europe

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Category: Templar History Tags: Afghanistan, John, Medieval, Middle Age, nose, Pinker, punishment, Saturday, Steven Pinker, Wellington, William

Telling the time in the Middle Ages

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Tony McMahon

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Telling the time in the Middle Ages was not an exact science but there were smart ways of knowing the hour of the day

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Category: Templar History Tags: Easter, Epiphany, Hocktide, John, Lammas, Middle Age, Templar, Terce

Torture and violence – medieval style!

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Tony McMahon

Medieval torture and violence was shocking for its frequency with the state executing and torturing in the name of the law and crime rampant

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Category: Templar History Tags: Ackroyd, angels, better, Daily Life, death, england, Foundation, history, Medieval, Middle Age, nature, Peter, Peter Ackroyd, Pinker, professor, Steven Pinker, Templar, torture, violence