Tag: Middle Ages

Margi-snail-ia

Medieval snail marginalia: what does it all mean?!?! (I don’t really know.)

Was Julian of Norwich the original crazy cat lady? And what’s an anchoress? Ohh sounds interesting–you’d better read and find out!

An agoraphobe’s guide to having it all a la Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany. Some people have all the luck!

Red Wedding? It was more like an Abstemious Banquet for the likes of Matilda de Braose when she chose to cross the merciless King John.

Rosamund Clifford and Eleanor of Aquitaine go head-to-head for Henry II’s affection… or do they?