In medieval Europe, many upper-class women delegated breastfeeding to hired wet nurses—a practice deeply influenced by classical medicine, social status, and gender norms. This episode explores how ...

Historian Linda Paterson explores the rise of the troubadours – the poetic performers who turned love, politics and desire ...

As Martin primarily drew from medieval Western Europe to develop Westeros, there are various parallels between the women in “A Song of Ice and Fire” and the queens and princesses of the past.

University of California Press, 256 Pages Medieval women were not supposed to be high achievers — at least not in the male arena of fame and fortune. Women, in whatever guise, rarely won recognition, ...

Women in medieval times obviously bore, nursed, and raised the children—at least those who lived (roughly 50 percent died before their first birthday in this era before vaccines and antibiotics).

This volume, an amazing act of historical recovery and reconstruction, offers a comprehensive examination of Jewish women in Europe during the High Middle Ages (1000–1300). Avraham Grossman covers ...

Unlike the medieval period, most modern societies have far greater access to medical care. Despite current restrictions, transgender people have far more options for transition than they once did.

Other Leading Christian Women Lioba (c. 700–782). At the request of Boniface, the “apostle to the Germans,” she traveled to Germany to head the convent of Tauberkirschofsheim.

History is full of women without children.For instance, Matt Schlapp, the head of the influential Conservative Political Action Coalition, reportedly suggested last May that he supported abortion ...

Shellens is competing in the women's sword and shield events in Europe this week, while Webb and Lexa qualified to join other U.S. fighters in various team melees. For NPR News, I'm Shanna Lewis.