Monty Python Got It Wrong About Medieval Disease

In medieval Denmark, burial location often reflected a person's wealth and status. Christians could pay for prestigious graves, and the closer a grave was to the church, the more expensive it typically was. Researchers used this system of burial placement to explore whether illness affected social status after death. They focused on people who had leprosy, a disease historically linked with stigma and ideas of sin, as well as tuberculosis.

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