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But the truth is, Anne was a rarity in the medieval world: in a male-dominated hierarchy, she cut out her own path and became the Queen of England. After failing to produce a male heir for the king, she was accused of adultery, incest, and high treason and beheaded, but today's hi...
Lalibela: The rock-hewn churches are probably the best known attraction of Ethiopia. Here eleven medieval churches were cut and carved out of rock. It is said they were built under King Lalibela who called them 'New Jerusalem' as at that time in the 12th century the Muslims had stopped ...
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Salerno also allowed women to study medicine. Another university that offered medicine courses was the University of Montpellier. Anyone who had a medical license was allowed to teach there. Doctors During the medieval age, it was hard to meet with a doctor as most of them could only be found...
The UK conducted virginity tests on immigrant women from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to help determine if the women were lying when they claimed to be engaged to men who lived there. The British government believed that virgins would be less likely to lie about their reasons of immigrating...
attitudes began to shift. By 1957 about 25% of the employees (mainly women) were still working six-hour days; the rest had eight-hour shifts. The six-hour day at Kellogg's completely disappeared in 1985, when the lone department still working that shift voted to move to eight-hour days...
Pale, almost translucent, skin was all the rage in the 1700s. French women would even draw over their veins in blue pencil to accentuate their ghostliness. Shutterstock 41. Not Just for Disco In Medieval and Renaissance Europe, it was common for the nobility to wear tall platform shoes cal...
Battle of Bosworth in 1485 and ended with the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603. However, despite their family being distant relatives of King Edward III, it was through an illegitimate female lineage. Thus, in the eyes of Medieval England, the Tudors' claim to the throne barely existed at ...