Dr eleanor janega on the importance of studying medieval women

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

Horses were involved in King Harold’s defeat at Hastings – but also in the demise of his Norman conqueror It’s one of the most famous of all medieval images. Harold II stands upon the battlefield at H

The women taking us straight to the heart of beautiful places at home and abroad

In July 1575, Robert Dudley enlisted mythological figures to convince Elizabeth I to wed him. Exactly 450 years later, artist Lindsey Mendick reveals how and why she reinterpreted their encounter in her installation for Kenilworth Castle

In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman

Charlotte Gauthier is a historian of late medieval/ early modern religious conflict