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 ...

Women in the Middle Ages often wore better quality clothes than men, concludes an expert who studied textile remnants from the period from 400 to 1000 A.D. Women in the Middle Ages often wore better ...

This beautifully produced book is a reprint of the hardback published in 2011 and as such will serve a wider readership among those who want better to understand illuminated manuscripts. Fashion ...

Louise D'Arcens receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The Middle Ages might seem the last place feminists would go to seek inspiration. But from around the 1850s advocates for dress ...

For centuries, women have consistently outlived men, a trend consistent across various cultures. But in the cramped and ...

ROCK CREEK, Ohio – When my sons were preteens in the early 2000s, their dad and I took them to the Great Lakes Medieval Faire in Rock Creek. Founder Larry Rickard had created a make-believe medieval ...