A viral story claims medieval European women poisoned husbands daily, giving an antidote at night. Historians say this practice never happened. Medieval Europe lacked the science for such precise ...
“Work in the fields,” detail from the month of Oct., in the Cycle of the Months fresco by Master Venceslao, displayed in Buonconsiglio Castle, in Trento, Italy. “Work in the fields,” detail from the ...
In the popular imagination, “medieval” and “women” aren’t always words which go together happily. Ideas about the lives of pre-Renaissance women tend to form two hazy stereotypes: an illiterate girl ...
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