A woman walking in the Czech Republic stumbled upon more than 2,150 early medieval silver coins. Originally stored in a ceramic pot during a time of political turmoil, the coins have sat in place ...

History remembers few pirates like this one – a fearless medieval woman who defied the odds and ruled the seas. In this video, we tell the story of a legendary female pirate who carved out her place ...

1. In 1405, Christine de Pizan, a writer at the French court, was fed up. “I could hardly find a book on morals where, even ...

Diane Watt has received funding from the AHRC, British Academy and Leverhulme Trust. The British Library’s breathtaking new exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, brings to life the ...

A medieval woman who was buried alongside 23 warrior monks in Spain was likely a warrior herself, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

German archaeologists discovered that the skulls of three medieval Viking women found on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea showed evidence of an unusual procedure to elongate their ...

Diane Watt has received funding from the AHRC, British Academy and Leverhulme Trust. Liz Herbert McAvoy received funding for an associated project from the Leverhulme Trust. Amy Louise Morgan does not ...

A woman walking in the Czech Republic stumbled upon more than 2,150 early medieval silver coins. Originally stored in a ceramic pot during a time of political turmoil, the coins have sat in place ...

A woman walking in the Czech Republic stumbled upon more than 2,150 early medieval silver coins. Originally stored in a ceramic pot during a time of political turmoil, the coins have sat in place ...