In the medieval church, women's roles were limited—usually some form of enclosure and celibacy, such as becoming an anchoress walled up alone for life, or a nun in a classic convent. On the other ...

Welcume, loveli folke! Heere is thyn wey to dresse as a ladye reverant and faire.

Surgery was rare and risky in the medieval period. Though medical options were limited, trans people were able to take ...

Medieval scholars – all men – defined women’s temperament in negative terms ... But for some hundred years, groups of ladies of the night took vows and lived as nuns there, controlling the affairs of ...

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Scholarship of medieval literature and historical ... She also had breasts, “in women’s fashion.” One night, a man came to have sex with her, and Ronchaia, “wishing to connect like a ...

Although Game of Thrones is a relatively recent series, several elements across the show's eight seasons don't hold up well ...

It’s a tad like Medieval allegory ... The image points to the way women suffer in birthing life but also suggests a toxic mother-daughter relationship similar to fairy tales about wicked ...