while the wider literature from the period tells us that medieval women were silent and passive, quiet and chaste, their letters and embroideries tell a different story. The women who wrote and ...

But while they were discouraged from expressing their feelings in daily life, letters written by elite women of the medieval period are a rich source of information about their emotions.

Herald of Ages explained why the Medieval Period became known as the Middle Ages. It’s due to the fact that this era sits between the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 and the Renaissance Era in ...

All prices were up to date at the time of publication. To be a medieval historian is to devote yourself to the study of a period that is at once completely misunderstood, and used to justify some ...