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Dyes, Diets and Deodorants: Venetian Beauty Secrets Revealed

Medievalists.net — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 00:53:04 +0000

If you think it's hard to keep up a beauty regime now, wait until you see what lengths the Venetians went to in order to be beautiful!

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Make-Up and Medicine in the Middle Ages

Medievalists.net — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 02:36:52 +0000

A look at cosmetics and make-up in the Middle Ages.

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Pedlars and Alchemists in Friuli History of itinerant sellers in an alpine reality

Medievalists.net — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:50:06 +0000

This short review discusses about itinerant sellers in Friuli, who are Cramaro called (XI-XIX centuries). Attention is focused, in particular, on the question if some of theme were alchemists.

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Medieval Mean Girls: On Sexual Rivalry and the Uses of Cosmetics in La Celestina

Medievalists.net — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:42:53 +0000

The prevalent use of cosmetics among women fast became a topic for moralist discourse, both inside and out of the Peninsula.

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What Makes Her Beautiful? Feminine Beauty Standards in Renaissance Italy

Medievalists.net — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:53:04 +0000

Perhaps one of the most straightforward elements of beauty was the skin. Pale and undamaged skin was considered the most beautiful for women.

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