The Traitor’s Wife: A Novel of the Reign of Edward II
The Traitor’s Wife: A Novel of the Reign of Edward II By Susan Higginbotham Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc, 2009 ISBN:978-1402217876 In fourteenth-century England, young…
The Rebel Princess
The Rebel Princess By Judith Koll Healey Publisher: Harper Collins, June 22, 2009 ISBN: 9780061673566 Alaïs, the spirited and indomitable princess of France,…
‘An Entirely Masculine Activity’? Women and War in the High and Late Middle Ages Reconsidered
What if women did play a more significant part in military history than traditionally has been assumed?
From footnotes to narrative: Welsh noblewomen in the thirteenth century
The women studied include the mothers, wives and daughters of the native Welsh rulers of Gwynedd as well as noblewomen from northern Powys, Cydewain, Ceredigion, and so on.
Shajar al-Durr: A Case of Female Sultanate in Medieval Islam
While women were occasionally able to influence matters of rule in Medieval Islam, it is likely that only three reached a formal position of power.
Some Royal Mongol Ladies: Alaqa-beki, Ergene-Qatun and Others
Imperial women, in fact, if we may base our judgment upon the only Mongolian source to survive, the Secret History, enjoyed a great more respect than the non-Mongolian sources would have us believe.
Grand Princess Olga: Pagan Vengeance and Sainthood in Kievan Rus
Olga is the only woman for whom we possess significant biographical details in the written sources for the Kievan Rus period of Russian history (860s – 1240).
Hangman Blind
Hangman Blind By Cassandra Clark Publisher: Minotaur Books, January 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780312537302 “It is November 1382, the month of the dead, and…
The Red Velvet Turnshoe
The Red Velvet Turnshoe By Cassandra Clark Publisher: Minotaur Books, January 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780312537364 The year is 1384 and Hildegard is sent…
The Joys of My Life
The Joys of My Life By Alys Clare Publisher: Severn House, January 1, 2010 ISBN: 9780727866950 May 1199. Abbess Helewise has been summoned…
The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz
The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz By Michelle Cameron Publisher: Simon & Schuster, September 8, 2009 ISBN: 9781439118221…
Figures in Silk: A Novel
Figures in Silk: A Novel By Vanora Bennett Publisher: Harper Collins, October 20, 2009 ISBN: 9780061689840 Two sisters discover passion during the War…
Rashi’s Daughters Book Three: Rachel
Rashi’s Daughters Book Three: Rachel By Maggie Anton Publisher: Plume, 2009 ISBN: 9780452295681 Rachel is the youngest and most beautiful daughter of medieval…
Women, Posthumous Benefaction, and Family Strategy in Pre-Conquest England
Women, Posthumous Benefaction, and Family Strategy in Pre-Conquest England By Julia Crick The Journal of British Studies, Vol. 38, No. 4. (1999) Introduction: In…
Medievalism and Joan Grigsby’s The Orchid Door
Medievalism and Joan Grigsby’s The Orchid Door Brother Anthony Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 17 No. 1 (2009) Abstract The Celtic…
“Authorship, Authority, and the Polemics of Rachel Speght and the Wife of Bath”
“Authorship, Authority, and the Polemics of Rachel Speght and the Wife of Bath” Moon, Hi Kyung Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume…
“The Legend of False Men”?: Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women Re-titled
“The Legend of False Men”?: Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women Re-titled Moon, Hi Kyung Medieval English Studies, vol. 11 (2003) No. 1 Abstract…
Troubling Gender and Genre in The Trials & Joys of Marriage
Troubling Gender and Genre in The Trials & Joys of Marriage Salisbury, Eve Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, vol. 11 (2003) No.…
Performing The Love Of God And The Struggle With The Devil: The “Theatricality” Of Medieval Mystical Culture
Performing The Love Of God And The Struggle With The Devil: The “Theatricality” Of Medieval Mystical Culture Sikorska, Liliana Medieval English Studies, vol.10…
Men and Women in Early Medieval Serfdom: The Ninth-Century North Frankish Evidence
Men and Women in Early Medieval Serfdom: The Ninth-Century North Frankish Evidence By Jean-Pierre Devroey Past and Present, No. 166. (2000) Introduction: ‘The…
Spirituality and Self-Representation in The Life of Christina Mirabilis
Spirituality and Self-Representation in The Life of Christina Mirabilis Giglio, Katheryn M. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 15 (1998) Abstract In her introduction…
The Implications of Exclusion: The Regulation of Churching in Medieval Northern France
The Implications of Exclusion: The Regulation of Churching in Medieval Northern France Rieder, Paula M. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 15 (1998) Abstract…
The Female Spell-caster in Middle English Romances: Heretical Outsider or Political Insider
The Female Spell-caster in Middle English Romances: Heretical Outsider or Political Insider Goodman, Barbara A. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 15 (1998) Abstract…
Swete May, Soulis Leche: The Winifred Carol of John Audelay
Swete May, Soulis Leche: The Winifred Carol of John Audelay Jones, Melissa Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 14 (1997) Abstract Ella Keats Whiting,…
Dangerous Beauty, Beautiful Speech: Gendered Eloquence in Medieval Preaching
Medieval Christian preaching sought to convey a divine message by means of a human medium: the preacher’s eloquence.