Back in the Middle Ages (a.k.a. the Medieval era, approximately 476-1450 A.D.), virginity was an extremely desirable trait in ...

Meditation on Christ’s suffering gave medieval women a sense that their despised bodies could mirror his, says Hetta Howes ...

It does this and at the same time makes a major contribution to the historiography of European women." John J. Contreni, Purdue University "Women in Early Medieval Europe takes a fresh approach to the ...

This book presents a concise and accessible introduction to the various issues and debates surrounding women and their position in medieval society. Professor Mate examines the role women played in ...

The British Library’s yearlong digitization of nearly 100 manuscripts related to medieval and Renaissance women provided the inspiration for “In Their Own Words.”While searching the ...

Diane Watt has received funding from the AHRC, British Academy and Leverhulme Trust. The British Library’s breathtaking new exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, brings to life the ...

A lapis lazuli fragment trapped in the lower jaw of the medieval woman The weird habit of licking the end of a paintbrush has revealed new evidence about the life of an artist more than 900 years ...

In the popular imagination, “medieval” and “women” aren’t always words which go together happily. Ideas about the lives of ...

The first complete look at the social status and daily life of medieval Jewish women. This volume, an amazing act of historical recovery and reconstruction, offers a comprehensive examination of ...