Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

Who needs crowded bars and long nightclub lines when you can have dinner and a show? Medieval Times is quickly becoming the ...

The British Library’s yearlong digitization of nearly 100 manuscripts related to medieval and Renaissance women provided the inspiration for “ In Their Own Words.” While searching the ...

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 ...

How Medieval Women Expressed Their ‘Forbidden’ Emotions Upper-class women used letters and embroidery to reflect on their inner lives Pragya Agarwal, The Conversation March 18, 2024 ...

The Voynich Manuscript has long baffled scholars—and attracted cranks and conspiracy theorists. Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its secrets.

European women’s rights expanded in early medieval cities, though they were still limited. Last wills and testaments were some of the few documents women could dictate themselves.

Most medieval thinking about women, she points out, was “written by men, for men, based on readings of work by men.” From Aristotle to Thomas Aquinas, the male body was considered the human ...

Art History What 15th-Century Lovers Wrote in Their Valentines One of the oldest Valentine's in the world proves chivalry wasn't always dead.

NO HIDING PLACE—William Seabrook —Lippincott ($3). With a clank of chains and the mingled aroma of voodoo incense and roasting human flesh, William Buehler Seabrook reveals a story of his ...