During the Middle Ages, failure to pass a virginity test could ruin a woman’s life and permanently stain her family’s ...

Hello.I am Priapus, a researcher of erotic literature.Today, I am speaking to all the women out there.When people hear the ...

What type of images come to mind when you think of medieval art? Knights and ladies? Biblical scenes? Cathedrals? It's probably not some unfortunate man in the throes of vomiting. It might surprise ...

Those inclined to see our era as a feminist golden age will find a timely corrective in “The Once and Future Sex,” medieval historian Eleanor Janega’s accessible and entertaining study of how women ...

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 ...

What is friendship for? In medieval Europe, elite male writers saw it as an intense bond reinforcing virtuous behavior—something only possible between two men. As medievalist Alexandra Verini writes, ...

In medieval Europe, views of women could often be summed up in two words: sinner or saint. Either way, they’re daunting models – and either way, patriarchy considered women in need of protection and ...

Researchers have revealed direct evidence of medieval women's involvement in the production of illuminated manuscripts. Lapis lazuli in the dental calculus of a woman buried at a 12th-century German ...

The Bayeux tapestry is one of the most famous pieces of material culture produced in medieval England. The tapestry is fundamentally important for our understanding of the Norman conquest, telling us ...