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Medieval Female Scribes Were Far More Common Than Previously Thought. At Least 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts Were Copied by Women
The vast majority of female scribes remain anonymous. Many likely worked in convents or lay workshops, their contributions ...
MedievalMadness on MSN11d
6 Disturbing Health & Beauty Fads of the Middle Ages
The elite women of ancient Greece and Rome regularly used cosmetics, a custom that was adopted from the ancient Egyptians.
'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 ...
The Harvard Crimson10d
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.
La Brújula Verde6d
The Tower of Nesle: The Medieval Scandal That Led to the Revival of the Salic Law, Barring Women from the Throne
Credit: Fédor Hoffbauer / Wikimedia Commons Gallardet’s version—or rather Dumas’s, since he practically rewrote it—adhered to all the hallmarks of the literary Romanticism of the time: a medieval ...
The Conversation12d
Abducting women: early modern Europe’s solution to marital problems
Post-Medieval Europe (from the 16th to the 18th century ... Tensions between feudal lineages created the breeding ground, in ...
SheThePeople8d
Early Modern Europeans Abducted Women To 'Resolve' Marital Problems
In post-medieval Europe, disputes in marriage were solved by abducting the woman in question. This showed how women's freedom ...
It's Medieval-core! How London's fashion set became obsessed with Joan of Arc and suits of armour
One of the most memorable looks from all of London Fashion Week was not made in an airy studio in Stoke Newington, but ...