Medieval Lives Birth Marriage Death
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Medieval Lives Birth Marriage Death

Season 1
Helen Castor explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life Birth marriage and death In doing so she reveals how people in the medieval world thought and what they believed in For the people of the Middle Ages the teachings of the Catholic Church shaped thoughts and beliefs across the whole of Western Europe But by the end of the Middle Ages
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  1. S1 E1 - A Good Birth

    59min
    TV-PG
    For a medieval woman approaching the moment of labor and birth there were no antiseptics to ward off infection or anesthetics to deal with pain but there was God The medieval world understood that the pains of labor were the penalty for the original sin of humankind so to get through them she needed the help of the saints and the blessing of God himself As historian Helen Castor reveals in this
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  2. S1 E2 - A Good Marriage

    59min
    TV-PG
    Unlike birth and death which are inescapable facts of life marriage is rite of passage made by choice In the Middle Ages it wasnt just a choice made by bride and groom as they were often the last pieces in a puzzle Betrothals were put together by the parents with help from their family and friends according to rules laid down by the Church
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  3. S1 E3 - A Good Death

    59min
    TV-PG
    For a medieval woman approaching the moment of labor and birth there were no antiseptics to ward off infection or anesthetics to deal with pain but there was God The medieval world understood that the pains of labor were the penalty for the original sin of humankind so to get through them she needed the help of the saints and the blessing of God himself As historian Helen Castor reveals in this
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