A new encyclopedia covering a millennium of women’s writing from across the globe challenges assumptions that medieval literature was dominated by men and could transform how we understand the past, ...

Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

Illustration of writer and scribe Christine de Pizan presenting her book to Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen of France, in the early 15th century (illustration via Getty Images) Women contributed more ...

The romance genre owes a major debt to the Middle Ages. That's where we get the word, the genre, and most of its tropes.

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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 ...

This spectacular work of medieval art imagines Christ's side as a vulva—and is now on view at the Met Cloisters, ...

Hawks are taking cinematic flight. In two recent literary adaptations, they are entwined with the lives and emotions of their respective protagonists – Agnes Shakespeare (née Hathaway) and Helen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hawks are taking cinematic flight. In two recent literary adaptations, they are entwined with the lives and emotions of their ...