larabyrneDec 2, 20203 minMedieval Women in Power - Matilda of Tuscany and her precursorsMedieval Europe did not really have historians in the modern (or ancient Greek) sense of the word. It had chroniclers and propagandists....
larabyrneApr 10, 20201 minRead between the lines - Imperial seals for the margravinesHow else can one try and recover the traces of the historical actions of medieval women? Apart from a few exceptions, writing was the...