raised questions on the role women may have played in combat in medieval Europe. The existence of medieval female warriors through history often attracts heated debate. For one thing, weapons ...

And according to a first-of-its-kind quantitative review, more than a few of them were penned by women. Experts estimate medieval scribes produced over 10 million manuscripts between 400-1500 CE ...

Co-curated by Jackson and Julian Harrison, “Medieval Women: In Their Own Words” spotlights queens, nuns, authors, warriors, physicians and artisans alike. As the name suggests, the show ...

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She adds that lighter skin was idealised in women in medieval England and associated with virginity: "There is often a connection made between brightness of colouring – blonde hair, for example ...

Warriors’ rise to power led to an increase in violence ... merchants were able to form their own communities and even enjoy a limited form of self-government. Over the course of the medieval period, ...