Once the preserve of the aristocracy, rabbits became commonplace by the end of the Middle Ages as the world was turned upside down after the arrival of plague.
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This late-medieval document is written in encoded text that has yet to be cracked. But its numerous illustrations provide clues about its content.
The pages of The Book of Kells certainly contain some of the elements that have been used to identify drug use in modern and contemporary art.
A wild and fun ride through the wackier bits of Medieval life.
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PhD Candidate, Medieval Literature, Bangor University
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Professor in the History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin
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Research Fellow, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Medieval History, Durham University