Illumination of male and female bathers in covered tubs Last summer I added a historical toiletry set to my SCA camping gear. It has dr...
My entry for the HSF challenge 21: Green, is a medieval dress called a Cotiehardie. Its a outer gown which is ment to be worn over a kirtle and a chemise. My inspiration pic. I used the “Medi…
When you imagine a medieval man or woman, what do you see? Foul teeth? Greasy hair? Dirty, bumpy skin? Hairy armpits and sweat stench? Well, for some of them, this might have been true. For some pe…
The yearly calendar of medieval farming consisted of weaving, reaping, planting, harvesting, repairing, and everything in between
History buff Jerry Quinn discusses the professions and roles of women in Medieval Europe.
One of the things a medieval queen was expected to provide her husband with was a male heir – and preferably a spare. For a medieval king to have only female heirs caused a number of problems, primarily that of convincing the male barons to swear allegiance to a woman. Plus, from a purely dynastic […]
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After we posted 13 Disturbing Pieces of Art from History, several readers pointed out that none of the works were created by female artists. So, here are 13 more disturbing pieces of art, and they’re all created by women. 1. Artemesia Gentileschi - Judit
Every book prior to the invention of the printing press was hand-copied from an original, which meant that it involved a lengthy process
A desk in the merchants house in the medieval center at Sundby (Denmark). View On Black
Has feminism killed chivalry in our modern day and age? All but. What does feminism really mean, and how is true chivalry still relevant?
Oh, Valentine’s Day: romance is in the air, passions are running high, the sense of anticipation and excitement is building…but – alas! – you are alone. How do you catch that man/woman/animal of your dreams? Despair not, oh singletons! The Medieval Manuscripts Blog is coming to your rescue. We have...
She Wolves is a history of the 'bad girls' of England's medieval royal dynasties - the queens who earned themselves the reputation of being somehow notorious. Some of them are well known and have been the subject of biographies - Eleanor of Aquitaine, Emma of Normandy, Isabella of France and Anne Boleyn, for example - while others have not been written about outside academic journals. The appeal of these notorious queens, apart from their shared taste for witchcraft, murder, adultery and incest, is that, because they were notorious, they attracted a great deal of attention during their lifetimes. She Wolves reveals much about the role of the medieval queen and the evolution of the role that led, ultimately, to the reign of Elizabeth I, and a new concept of queenship.
Hedeby (Old Norse: Heiðabýr; German: Haithabu) was an important stronghold in Viking Age Denmark from the 8th-11th centuries CE and, along with Birka in present-day Sweden, it was the most importan…
