Name: Old English Healing and Medicine
Start: 2026-10-26T10:00:00
End: 2026-10-26T13:00:00
Location: Weald & Downland Living Museum

The Course Discover Old English Healing and Medicine medical traditions from 1000 years ago, including surgery, charms and magic. You will explore various manuscripts and the different approaches of their compilers, learn about appeals to divinities, and hopefully answer the key question – did any of it actually work? The Tutor Stephen Pollington teaches Old English language and literature with Ci

Old English Healing and Medicine

Old English Healing and Medicine @ Weald & Downland Living Museum

The Course Discover Old English Healing and Medicine medical traditions from 1000 years ago, including surgery, charms and magic. You will explore various manuscripts and the different approaches of their compilers, learn about appeals to divinities, and hopefully answer the key question – did any o