Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble lineage.

The vast majority of female scribes remain anonymous. Many likely worked in convents or lay workshops, their contributions ...

The exhibition provided a deep exploration of India’s vast cultural and historical legacy as reflected in its diverse ...

No one was more surprised than medieval armourer Matthew Finchen. One of the most memorable looks from all of London Fashion ...

The letter necklaces with pearls inspired by Anne Boleyn — a trend started by Dilara Fındıkoğlu — are great, while rosaries ...

A show in Chantilly will reveal the ‘Mona Lisa’ of illuminated manuscripts — a rarely exhibited 15th-century prayer book ...

The elite women of ancient Greece and Rome regularly used cosmetics, a custom that was adopted from the ancient Egyptians.

The British Library’s immense and absorbing exhibition on the lives of medieval women offers some eye-widening ironies as well as surprises. The curators aim to ‘upend conventional assumptions’ about ...

Common citizens and peasants, some of which who would later become Acadians and Cajuns, were not allowed to attend the royal celebration. Since the common people were aware of when these parties ...

Medieval” has come to mean backward, uninformed, and brutal, particularly when looking at the lives of women. This does not ...

With the bathroom ban, Ohio is trying to slay a dragon that is only imagined. It is not the first time bathrooms have been weaponized.