The witless “Medieval Play” might have been written by a cocky 16-year-old boy. And not just any boy, but one eager to show off his arcane erudition (the story revolves around 14th-century ...

But while elite medieval women were discouraged from expressing their feelings in daily life, their letters are a rich source of information about their emotions.

Medieval Women: In their Own Words spans the four centuries from 1100 to 1500. This broad swathe of history is the British Library’s natural ground: prior to the hack in 2023, many of the ...

Every book was a laborious project during the Middle Ages. And according to a first-of-its-kind quantitative review, more than a few of them were penned by women. Experts estimate medieval scribes ...

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 ...

The world's oldest Valentine is on display in the "Medieval Women: In Their Own Words" exhibition at the British Library in London.

In their political treatises, the scholastic writers Ptolemy of Lucca (c. 1236–1327) and Giles of Rome (1243–1316) discussed the question of whether women should serve in the military. The dispute ...

Podcaster Show PlayerTortune rack brings reality to medieval English class The medieval torture rack in Mary Schudel's Lincoln Lutheran English class is only a prop.

Now scientists who investigated the unusually shaped skulls say they provide evidence that women also migrated long distances across medieval Europe, not just men.