Medieval women viewed birthing girdles, or long pieces of parchment inscribed with religious invocations and drawings, as protective talismans. Courtesy of the Wellcome Collection Giving birth during ...
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Medieval Fashion: What Did Medieval Women Wear?
Historian and host of the Gone Medieval podcast Eleanor Janega ranks the most stylish women’s fashion from the medieval period. From the extravagant houppelande to the humble chemise, Eleanor scores ...
Louise D'Arcens receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The Middle Ages might seem the last place feminists would go to seek inspiration. But from around the 1850s advocates for dress ...
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