There was a time when fairy tales were much more than just bedtime stories. Actually, the fanciful tales that have enthralled ...

As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal ...

A recently discovered gospel likely written by women at the abbey of Essen in the 10th century could sell for more than $1 ...

James Wade is an associate professor of English at the University of Cambridge (University of Cambridge). (CN) — If you take Richard Heege at his word, then the reason so few minstrel tales survived ...

Medieval women were not supposed to be high achievers — at least not in the male arena of fame and fortune. Women, in whatever guise, rarely won recognition, but the four exceptional women in Hetta ...