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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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Medieval Woman Wore This ‘Birthing Girdle’ to Protect Herself During Labor

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 ...
The Harvard Crimson

So You Want to Dress Like a 14th-Century Medieval Lady

Welcume, loveli folke! Heere is thyn wey to dresse as a ladye reverant and faire. The medieval period was not a monolith, and neither were the people who lived during it. Spanning from the fall of ...
Yahoo

A Woman Went for A Casual Walk—and Accidentally Discovered Medieval Treasure

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 ...
Publishers Weekly

The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in Society

This incisive revisionist history tracks “societal expectations of women” from the Middle Ages to today. Blogger and historian Janega (The Middle Ages: A Graphic History) notes that early Christian ...