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The Newsletter for the Medieval History Site at About.comVol. II, No.21
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Our Latest Feature
The Name-Our-Chat-Room Contest: Phase Two
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Notice
Due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday here in the states, I'll be away from my computer for a few days and will be unable to answer email or post to the board from Thursday through the weekend. There will also be no update next Monday. But you can look for me in chat and expect another edition of the newsletter in two weeks.
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Medieval Minutia
Books on child-rearing began to appear quite freqently in the twelfth century. A popular book by Raymond Lull included sections on breast-feeding, weaning, and education. The author observed, "Every person must hold his child dear."
Source: Medieval Europe: A Short History by C. Warren Hollister
For more about For more about Raymond Lull (Ramon Llull, Raimondo Lulio or Raymond Lully), visit the Ramon Llull home page.
Site Update
Links have been added to the following Net Link pages:
- Arts & Literature
- Monastic Architecture
- Abbeys and Other Religious Sites in Wales
- General Literature
- The Robin Hood Project
- Daily Life
- Food & Famine
- The Bonnefont Cloister Herb Garden
- Windows on Italy: The Italian Cuisine
- Medieval Britain
- Dark-Age Britain
- Early British Kingdoms Website
- Medieval Europe
- Iberia
- Studies on Ramon Llull Home Page
- Italy
- Virtual History of Venice (also added to Timelines)
- Religion in the Middle Ages
- Monasticism
- Translations from Rupert, Hildegard, and Guibert of Gembloux
- Science & Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Byzantine Medicine (also added to Byzantine Studies)
- Women of the Middle Ages
- Biographies
- Eleanor of Aquitaine (also added to Medieval
Britain)
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Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is
irreparable.
Michel de Montaigne
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I hope you enjoyed this edition of the Knightly Newsletter. Thanks for visiting the Medieval History site, and best of luck in our contest!
Melissa Snell
Your Medieval History Guide at About.com
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