Butchers, bakers, candlestick-makers − and prostitutes: The women working behind the scenes in papal Avignon

Women’s work may not have been glamorous, but it was vital to the workings of the pope’s court and surrounding city.
Phys.org

Medieval women used falconry to subvert gender norms

Hawks are taking cinematic flight. In two recent literary adaptations, they are entwined with the lives and emotions of their respective protagonists – Agnes Shakespeare (née Hathaway) and Helen ...
Smithsonian Magazine

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: 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 ...