A study provides new insights into the many overlooked women scribes who wrote manuscripts in the Middle Ages.

The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

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

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 ...

During the Middle Ages the tradition continued only among the nobility, as most of the peasant classes didn’t have the money ...

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 ...