How did our medieval ancestors use dove faeces, fox lungs, salted owl or eel grease in medical treatments? A Wellcome funded project at Cambridge University Library is about to find out.
Christine de Pizan was a 15th century noble woman in France who became an author and feminist fighting for women’s rights, and her legacy was revived in the 1960’s.
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