Back in the Middle Ages (a.k.a. the Medieval era, approximately 476-1450 A.D.), virginity was an extremely desirable trait in a wife. As second-class citizens, women were highly encouraged to get ...

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 ...

Ever cried out “where are all the good men?!” Or wished for the olden days of traditional courtship, when great outpourings of longing were committed to paper and “u up?” texts were unheard of? One ...

A recently uncovered gospel written by a community of women in the early 10th century will be one of the marquee lots at Christie’s valuable books and manuscripts sale in London on December 10. It is ...

The setup sounds like a medieval soap opera. But Robyn Cadwallader knows far too much about the 13th century to write an anachronistic romance. Whatever its connotations, medieval represents half the ...

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(The Conversation) — Women’s work may not have been glamorous, but it was vital to the workings of the pope’s court and surrounding city. (The Conversation) — In the medieval church, women’s roles ...

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 ...