March is National Women’s History Month, and there are many things people do to commemorate that. During the Middle Ages in ...

I’m paying for the ride.’ In his documentary Made in England (2024), Scorsese remembers ‘repeatedly and obsessively’ watching ...

Medieval Japanese culture, influenced by Confucian ideals, imposed strict gender roles. While Japanese women had more power ...

A study provides new insights into the many overlooked women scribes who wrote manuscripts in the Middle Ages.

Empress Dowager Ling was not a warrior, but she embraced martial symbols of her own power that were available to women in Taghbach culture but not in Chinese culture. For example, she was an ...

A Labour MP has said tightening the law around crossbow sales is "important" as an ex-soldier who murdered a woman and her ...

Another fun fact is that Medieval archers did not wear shoes ... was supposedly the legal right of a monarch or lord to date any peasant woman at any time, especially on her wedding night. The concept ...

Most medieval surnames were derived from a person’s occupation. Aristocratic families often carried grand surnames tied to land ownership and legacy. Common folk had names reflecting their trade or ...

Warrior Woman' Buried With Archery Equipment Baffles Researchers Burials shed light on many aspects related to history. The traditions of a particular period and the respect associated with a ...

The British Library’s immense and absorbing exhibition on the lives of medieval women offers some eye-widening ironies as well as surprises. The curators aim to ‘upend conventional assumptions’ about ...