Turning to Time: The Temporal History of Cleansing
May 4, 2021
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Turning to Time: The Temporal History of Cleansing A few months ago I came across a quote from Fernand Braudel given to Peter Burke on Radio Three in 1977, summarising
Clean: A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity
July 8, 2019
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Clean: A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity ‘Authoritative and fascinating.’ – New Scientist ‘[A] fascinating and and detailed account.’ – Susan Alridge, Focus ‘A breath-taking account of cleanliness
Thomas Tryon’s Regimen for Women: Sectarian Health in the Seventeenth Century
July 8, 2019
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Thomas Tryon’s Regimen for Women: Sectarian Health in the Seventeenth Century Originally published in ‘The Sexual Dynamics of History: men’s power, women’s resistance’ by the London Feminist History Group (eds),