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Medieval Women, British Library: a rich evocation of forgotten lives

In the popular imagination, “medieval” and “women” aren’t always words which go together happily. Ideas about the lives of pre-Renaissance women tend to form two hazy stereotypes: an illiterate girl ...
The Conversation

Medieval Women: In Their Own Words at the British Library is unmissable

Diane Watt has received funding from the AHRC, British Academy and Leverhulme Trust. The British Library’s breathtaking new exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, brings to life the ...
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These Rare Artifacts Tell Medieval Women’s Stories in Their Own Words

A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, Christine de Pizan and Hildegard of Bingen Meilan Solly - Senior Associate ...
The Conversation

Medieval women used falconry to subvert gender norms

Rachel Delman received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (2013-2016) and the Leverhulme Trust (2019-2022). Hawks are taking cinematic flight. In two recent literary adaptations, ...
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Medieval women had their first child much later than previously thought, says researcher

Costume dramas would have us believe that women in the Middle Ages became mothers at a much younger age than they do today. University lecturer Krista Milne wants to refute this image with the help of ...