That’s medieval. The heart of a king Since time immemorial, women have manipulated gender constructs to gain agency and a voice in the political milieu. During her speech to the troops at ...

Archaeologists have found a medieval spinning whorl in Tønsberg, Norway, which has some distinct symbols on its surface: three swastikas. But while we may associate this symbol with the Nazis ...

What Was Life Really Like for Women in Medieval Times' Medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega investigates one of the least recorded aspects of medieval life - working women. But dig deep and you ...

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And according to a first-of-its-kind quantitative review, more than a few of them were penned by women. Experts estimate medieval scribes produced over 10 million manuscripts between 400-1500 CE ...

POET, MYSTIC, WIDOW, WIFE: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women, by Hetta Howes “Do you not realize that Eve is you?” That scathing question was uttered by Tertullian, an early Christian ...

London CNN — Archaeologists working at a site in south Wales have uncovered dozens of skeletons – mostly women – which offer ... Dating from the Early Medieval era, which ran from 400 ...

Either way, they’re daunting models – and either way, patriarchy considered women in need of protection and control. But how can we know what medieval women thought? Did they really accept ...

Though past research has turned up a handful of medieval manuscripts penned by women, the study provides “statistical support for the often-overlooked contributions of female scribes over time ...