… is now up at Clioweb. I was particularly taken by Dr Virago’s post on Quod She about Margery Kempe (and not just because it gives me a new way of thinking about some of my English Civil War female “prophetesses”).
Elsewhere in the carnival – and do go to check it out – the BBC’s history unit is under fire over headless Romans, and there is a new timeline of dietary advice. I didn’t know that the key date is 1864:
“First known diet book published: “Letter on Corpulence,” calling for low carbs and daily booze, by William Banting, an English casketmaker who became alarmed when he could no longer tie his shoes. 58,000 copies sold.”
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