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Showing posts with label medieval women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medieval women. Show all posts
Saturday, March 31, 2018

The Abducted Nun or What Happened when the Abbess became an Heiress

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by Anna Belfrage In medieval times, women of high birth essentially only had two “career” options: marry or become a nun. Not that the c...
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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Richard the Lionheart and the Women of Jerusalem

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by Helena P. Schrader Richard's Tomb at Fontevrault There has been a lot of speculation about Richard the Lionheart’s sexuality ov...
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Monday, September 14, 2015

Of Dowries, Dowers and Dowagers

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by Helena P. Schrader Arguably, nothing is more indicative or determinative of women’s status in a society than their ability to hold and...
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Monday, June 15, 2015

Medieval Women & Magna Carta

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by Lauren Johnson On 15 June 1215, Magna Carta was sealed at Runnymede. Bad King John – slayer of teenage nephews, executer of hostages an...
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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Everyday Medieval Women

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By E.M. Powell So much of the fascination of history is accounts of kings and queens, mighty battles and events that helped shape the mo...
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