Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

A new kind of kingdom needed a new kind of queen. The millennium-old and largely forgotten Mathilda of Flanders is being ...

New research suggests that women were the scribes of at least 1.1 percent of manuscripts in the Latin West between 400 and ...

It’s not difficult to picture the ideal Renaissance woman: her feminine curves draped across a chaise, a delicate blush splashed across porcelain skin and long, free-flowing curls trailing behind her.

Though each range is infused with nods to the past and the rebellious attitude of the next generation, the collections are split into men’s and women’s offerings. The men’s offerings dip ...

The medieval period ... and older women. A plethora of other head coverings including cauls (jewelled nets) with flowing veils, padded rolls, reticulated headdresses, and coronets could be worn ...

On one level, it's about "the end of a Las Vegas era, an age of long-legged showgirls and sparkling headdresses ... objectification and exploitation of women" that insists on presenting ...

Tracing back to medieval Christian traditions and an unexpected ... shaped the look of one of the most recognizable pieces of headwear in history. Many people assume the Pope’s pointed hat ...

The British Library’s immense and absorbing exhibition on the lives of medieval women offers some eye-widening ironies as well as surprises. The curators aim to ‘upend conventional assumptions’ about ...

[Theme music begins] Welcome to Harmonia . . . I’m Angela Mariani. Before they were tragic characters in nineteenth-century opera, courtesans were the original Renaissance women: highly educated ...