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Femina: Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez

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Medieval

MasterclassWomen of the Middle Ages, with Janina Ramirez

Christine de Pizan, pictured speaking to a trio of inspirational women in an illustration in her Book of the City of Ladies, written around the turn of the 15th century (Photo by Album/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Medieval influencers: 4 women who brought change to the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Renaissance-style painting showing a woman in red and blue clothing with a patterned gold head covering nursing a curly‑haired child against a geometric patterned background

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Medieval family planning: meet the strong-willed women who redefined motherhood in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hildegard of Bingen

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15 minutes of fameJanina Ramirez chooses Hildegard of Bingen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval illustration of two men playing chess across from each other with a chessboard between them.

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Bold moves? This historian says chess battled racism in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of a bearded man with glasses, set against a background of mysterious handwritten script.

Medieval

Are the secrets of the Middle Ages' most mysterious manuscript hiding in plain sight?

Medieval illustration showing two seated musicians performing with wind instruments beside musical notation.

Medieval

Filth, dirt and stench: why this is “one of the most unfair stereotypes about the Middle Ages”

A 14th-century manuscript illustration showing women preparing and cooking offal over an open fire while members of the household eat at a table.

Medieval

How long would you have lived in the Middle Ages? Our expert has some bad news for you

Composite image showing a medieval cesspit excavation alongside historic coins found within the deposit.

Medieval

From health to wealth, here are the strange secrets medieval toilets reveal about life in the Middle Ages

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When was the worst time to be alive? You'll be surprised at what our expert has to say. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British historian and author Simon Sebag Montefiore sitting indoors on a light-colored sofa. He is bald with a light beard, wearing a dark blue button-down shirt and brown trousers

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"The Iraq War was a disaster": a historian's view on the modern Middle East. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval dinner scene.

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Medieval manners and etiquette: dos and don’ts of the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri"There are other medieval women who we can bring to the foreground". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This replica painting from the Cave of Altamira in northern Spain recreates some of the remarkable Upper Palaeolithic images created by early humans between 35,000 and 14,000 years ago. Celebrated for their vivid depictions of animals and handprints, Altamira’s cave paintings are among the earliest known examples of human artistic expression.

General prehistory

Think men were always the hunters? Stone Age women took down mammoths too – and that's not all

A hand-coloured illustration shows a busy harbour lined with warehouses and crowded with sailing ships. Tall factory chimneys loom behind the rooftops, sending thick smoke across the sky; the water reflects the buildings and masts.

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Was there a best time to be alive? These are the pitfalls of looking back for a nostalgic ‘golden age’. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Composite showing an illustrated ancient funeral procession approaching an open grave, a blue map of Scotland and a close-up of bone with arrows highlighting surface markings.

Iron Age

This Iron Age woman had her brain scooped out. Why?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Climbing monks, wrestling kings and marching nuns: what people in the Middle Ages did to exercise. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of pilgrims on horseback.

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The A to B of medieval travel: 8 tips for travelling in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black-and-white photograph shows Squadron Leader Jimmie E Parker of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) seated indoors reading a newspaper announcing the D-Day landings. The headline “Invasion Begins!” dominates the front page, capturing the significance of the Allied assault as news of the operation spread around the world.

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The women’s work that made D-Day a success. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian

The 'real' Bertha and George Russell: inside the high-society divorce that shocked the Gilded Age

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We often refer to countries as 'female' – so why has history excluded women from nation-building?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A colourful illustration inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, showing women embroidering scenes of medieval warriors, archers and a mounted knight onto a large piece of fabric. The tapestry is draped over a tree-stump table, with balls of coloured wool scattered around it.

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Michael Wood on women’s contributions to the Bayeux Tapestry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woman teaches a child to read in a 15th century depiction. The medieval period saw women challenge the male stranglehold on intellectual life, says Ian Mortimer (Photo by Marcello Fedeli / Electa / Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

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What does medieval mean? Why the Middle Ages was actually an age of transformation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

HistoryExtra AcademyRoyal women, with Professor Kate Williams

Norse women loading and assisting in the maintenance of a Viking longship.

Viking

What were Viking women doing while their men were on violent raids?

A black‑and‑white photograph of a person with wavy light hair holding a spaniel‑like dog near an open car door, with a building and another person in the background.

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From Joan of Arc to Brigitte Bardot: meet the trailblazing women who shaped French history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A person with long curly hair sits indoors by a rain‑speckled window, wearing a bright pink embroidered jacket, layered magenta top, and chunky metallic-and-beaded jewellery.

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"Cleopatra was sexualised and romanticised": here's why we've been getting royal women wrong. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woodcut-style illustration depicts a group of accused people bound together and surrounded by flames, including one figure shown with an animal-like head.

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Tudor England's witch hunts killed hundreds of women. The death toll was nearly even worse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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I met two survivors of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz. This is their story. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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