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Today's Featured Article
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Simon Coates explores the symbolic meanings attached to hair in the early medieval West, and how it served to denote differences in age, sex, ethnicity and status. First published in Volume: 49 Issue: 5, 1999
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Archive highlights for this month
A selection of additional articles for the March issue of History Today
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Kenneth Baker discusses the many facets of King George and shows how these were depicted by the great caricaturists of the day. |
Michael Bloch tells the story of one of the more unusual dynasties related to the Windsors. |
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Nick Pelling suggests that credit should go not to the Netherlands but much further south to Catalonia. |
Margaret M. Byard investigates the intriguing links between the astronomical discoveries of Galileo and the paintings of his Italian contemporaries. |
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The monastery was the focus of the local community in many medieval towns. Emma Mason describes the way of life of the monks and the young people in their care in the 11th and 12th centuries. |
What made medieval monks laugh? Edward Coleman looks at humour, holy men and the sub-texts of comment in 12th-century England. |
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