Reason 5: Poor Diet and Lifestyle. Medieval diets were often lacking in essential nutrients, leading to various health issues. Hair loss was associated with poor nutrition and an inadequate lifestyle.

Medieval serfs richer than modern poor People living in medieval England were more prosperous than modern day residents of the world’s poorest nations, a study into… Mon Dec 06 2010 - 00:00 ...

Founded around 1195, this institution helped the "poor and infirm," housing a dozen or so inmates at any one time. It lasted for some 300 years before being replaced by St. John's College in 1511.

Unlike most poor people, however, Context 958 ate lots of meat or fish — which suggests he might have been in a trade or job that gave him access to that kind of “rich people” food. In fact ...

Augustinian friars in medieval England were nearly twice as likely to suffer from intestinal parasites as other people, a new study has found. CNN values your feedback 1.

Inside Britain's medieval plague town: Skeleton analysis sheds light on the lives of 'common people' living in Cambridge 1,000 years ago. Archaeologists analysed more than 400 human remains in a ...

Meet the 'common' people of Medieval Cambridge: From a plague-survivor named Wat to a woman called Eadgifu who died in childbirth - skeleton analysis reveals the spectrum of poverty during the ...

Many medieval people simply didn’t live to the ages when cancer becomes most common. To pinpoint the causes of rising cancer rates over the centuries, reports CNN ’s Katie Hunt, the ...