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Why an English King’s Traitorous Brother Was (Allegedly) Drowned in a Barrel of Wine
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, spent his life engaged in a power struggle that pitted cousins and siblings against ...
Trans people affirmed their gender without medical help in medieval Europe − history shows how identity transcends medicine and law
Surgery was rare and risky in the medieval period. Though medical options were limited, trans people were able to take ...
11 People Whose Names Became Adjectives
From David Lynch to Queen Elizabeth I, these folks achieved a type of lexical immortality when their names became adjectives.