#EarlyModernPeriod

As promised, I bring you an #EarlyModernPeriod on breast milk as cannibalism. Today's snippet comes from Robert Boyles "Occasional Reflections Upon Several Subjects" (1665), which is a lovely and meandering
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It’s easy to see pre-modern cures as bogus, especially with ingredients like ~dragon’s blood~ But most are real (not mythical) ingredients that are a) used differently now or b) known
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Welcome to day two of my #tweetistorian and #EarlyModernPeriod spree. Since yesterday's thread was about the colonist origins of the word "cannibal," today we'll explore those late 15th and early
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On this #EarlyModernPeriod, I'll be talking about two European authors who reacted to accusations of anthropophagy and other "inhuman" acts with compassion. I want to challenge the idea that inflicting
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It's the final day of my #Tweetistorian x #EarlyModernPeriod crossover and we're going to cover one of the strangest accusations of cannibalism I've come across. This gif is an accurate
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