Birth was one of the most dangerous moments a medieval woman could ever encounter. There were no antiseptics and no anesthetics, but there was God.

Unlike birth and death, marriage is rite of passage made by choice, but it was not easy to impose rules on the human emotions of love and lust.

During the Middle Ages, death wasn’t an end but a doorway to everlasting life. The Church taught that eternity was more important than earthly deeds.