Medieval | The HERstory Project

Jan 718 min read

Winners Write History: Or Is It Just Men? The Memory of… Alice Perrers

The phrase ‘winners write history’ helpfully encapsulates how men have treated women throughout history. How is a ‘winner’ defined?

Nov 26, 20237 min read

The Death of a Teenage Girl: The Oakridge Cranium and Anglo-Saxon Attitudes Towards Women

How Anglo-Saxon treatment of women led to the brutal death of a teenage girl.

Nov 21, 202315 min read

“Red hair is my lifelong sorrow”: Reflections on the literary and historical trope of redheads

There is pattern across centuries of troubled or troubling women sharing a common feature of red hair.

Aug 21, 202315 min read

Call Me Mother: Margaret Beaufort

The badass single mum who ended 30 years of battles and started a royal empire

Aug 6, 202314 min read

Writing Back the Women Who Wrote, Read, and Renaissanced*

When historians mention European Renaissance literature, there are several names that get tossed into conversation without a second thought.

Mar 30, 20234 min read

Isabella, The She-Wolf of France

The Hundred-Year War started because of a woman.