In cases of rape and sexual violence, women had few other avenues for seeking justice. Tucked within the Danish Royal Library in Copenhagen and the Bavarian State Library in Munich, rare medieval ...

A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, Christine de Pizan and Hildegard of Bingen Meilan Solly - Senior Associate ...

A new study “provides statistical support for the often-overlooked contributions of female scribes over time,” said researcher Åslaug Ommundsen. Illustration of writer and scribe Christine de Pizan ...

Ever cried out “where are all the good men?!” Or wished for the olden days of traditional courtship, when great outpourings of longing were committed to paper and “u up?” texts were unheard of? One ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The discovery of semi-precious gems in the teeth of a 1,000-year-old female skeleton proved women were more widely involved in creating medieval manuscripts than ...

Ah, yes, that time of year again: falling leaves, the smell of spice, crisp air and — who could forget — that annual plunge into […] ...

Was there any scientific basis to potions, lotions and salves that folk healers prescribed, or was it all just hocus pocus?

In his Sunday commentary (Oct. 27), Eugene Robinson accurately described the double standard of women vs. men by shining a light on that very situation between Harris and Trump. From my 81 years of ...