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Very Superstitious

To mark Friday the thirteenth, historian Dr Peter Maxwell-Stuart provides us with an insight into superstition and the history behind the phrase ‘unlucky for some’. Is it really rational behaviour or just a trick of…

Date
11 January 2017
Category
Public interest stories

Medieval minds

Modern man would be astounded by the silence and smell of society in the Middle Ages if catapulted back in time, according to a leading medieval historian.

Date
17 April 2008
Category
Research

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