Time

Medieval Women Were a Vital Part of the Workforce. We Can Learn from Them

“Work in the fields,” detail from the month of Oct., in the Cycle of the Months fresco by Master Venceslao, displayed in Buonconsiglio Castle, in Trento, Italy. “Work in the fields,” detail from the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Rare Artifacts Tell Medieval Women’s Stories in Their Own Words

A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, Christine de Pizan and Hildegard of Bingen Meilan Solly - Senior Associate ...
The New York Times

What Were the Lives of Medieval Women Like?

In “Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife” the historian Hetta Howes seeks to relate to figures of the past. By Erin Maglaque Erin Maglaque is a historian and writer. She is currently at work on a history of the ...
The Conversation

Letters and embroidery allowed medieval women to express their ‘forbidden’ emotions

Pragya Agarwal received funding from Society of Authors for this research and writing of Hysterical. Medieval Europe was a place of great emotional incontinence. So much so that historian Johan ...
The Conversation

Medieval women used falconry to subvert gender norms

Rachel Delman received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (2013-2016) and the Leverhulme Trust (2019-2022). Hawks are taking cinematic flight. In two recent literary adaptations, ...