Bones from 16th-century shipwreck suggest left-handedness changes what happens to us when we die
left-handedness was associated with witchcraft and therefore strongly discouraged, reflecting the negative connotations and ...
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Call the Aztec Midwife: Childbirth in the 16th Century
The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical care, drugs for pain relief, and religious ceremonies. This story appears ...
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Crimes and criminals - the 16th and 17th centuries
They introduced laws to enforce, what they believed to be, an appropriate Christian lifestyle: In the 16th century ... for witchcraft during this period. By the early 18th century, when scientific ...