'It’s an extremely sexy story': How the legendary tale of 'rebel' saint Mary of Egypt became a medieval blockbuster
Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new ...
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So You Want to Dress Like a 14th-Century Medieval Lady
Welcume, loveli folke! Heere is thyn wey to dresse as a ladye reverant and faire.
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Medieval Female Scribes Were Far More Common Than Previously Thought. At Least 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts Were Copied by Women
For centuries, the image of a monk hunched over a desk, painstakingly copying manuscripts by candlelight, has dominated our ...
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Four Medieval Women Who Rocked
Medieval women were not supposed to be high achievers — at least not in the male arena of fame and fortune. Women, in whatever guise, rarely won recognition, but the four exceptional women in Hetta ...
Trans people affirmed their gender without medical help in medieval Europe − history shows how identity transcends medicine and law
Surgery was rare and risky in the medieval period. Though medical options were limited, trans people were able to take transitioning into their own hands.
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The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry
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 ...
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Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
In medieval England, women in labor wrapped birth girdles around their abdomens ... Concepts of the World in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period This volume offers Ingrid Baumgärtner's central ...
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Parenting in the Middle Ages & Medieval Child-Rearing
This deep dive into medieval parenting unveils how historical contexts influenced the upbringing of children and shaped the familial and community relationships. In the Middle Ages, the structure ...