This title gives readers an in-depth look at death and disease in medieval times. You can find out what ordinary people did when they fell ill and discover the herbs and potions doctors used to treat the plague and other illnesses. It also tells you about the first medical schools in Europe and about how medicine progressed in five hundred years of medieval living. It includes contemporary written evidence, colour photographs and maps, a timeline, glossary and index.
This is Book 4 in the Medieval Realms Series. See all Medieval Realms books here.
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Alex Woolf studied history at Essex University, and has written and edited many 20th century history titles for young people.
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