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The lady with the barrel charm: ‘Unknown woman, formerly known as Margaret Pole’ An evaluation.
Katie Lees digs into this art history mystery. Who is the Lady with the Barrel Charm?
Katie Lees
Apr 179 min read
A Medieval She-Wolf: Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine is considered to be one of the most powerful and formidable women of the High Middle Ages (c.1100-1300); she was brave, outrageous, artistic, adventurous, and political.
Amy Bennett
Jan 109 min read
Winners Write History: Or Is It Just Men? The Memory of… Alice Perrers
The phrase ‘winners write history’ helpfully encapsulates how men have treated women throughout history. How is a ‘winner’ defined?
Phoebe Holmwood
Jan 7, 202418 min read
The Death of a Teenage Girl: The Oakridge Cranium and Anglo-Saxon Attitudes Towards Women
How Anglo-Saxon treatment of women led to the brutal death of a teenage girl.
Holly Russell
Nov 26, 20237 min read
Call Me Mother: Margaret Beaufort
The badass single mum who ended 30 years of battles and started a royal empire
Gemma Craven
Aug 21, 202315 min read
Writing Back the Women Who Wrote, Read, and Renaissanced*
When historians mention European Renaissance literature, there are several names that get tossed into conversation without a second thought.
Jillian Ducker
Aug 6, 202314 min read
Isabella, The She-Wolf of France
The Hundred-Year War started because of a woman.
Abby Louise Woodman
Mar 30, 20234 min read
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