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Women's history

Your guide to Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart monarchs

The 10 best English queens in history

10 facts about Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë

The Brontës: the unfortunate and unlikely tale of the world’s "greatest literary sisters"

Cleopatra: what is the real legacy of the last pharaoh?

11 facts about Catherine Howard

Medieval queens: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

At home with the medieval aristocracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The women of Hamilton: Angelica, Eliza and… Maria Reynolds

The woman who opposed equality with men: Phyllis Schlafly and the real history behind Mrs. America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BlogMedieval(ish) matters 11: Did women fight in the crusades? And why did people follow a goose to the Holy Land?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women and the crusades. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who’s holding the baby? How working mothers navigated the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroCathy Newman chooses Beatrice Shilling (1909–1990). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Are women at the heart of the action in the Norman Conquest?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How did Philippa of Hainault, wife of Edward III, become one of medieval England’s best-loved queens?

Working mothers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Victoria’s children

What were the Salem Witch Trials?

How bloody was medieval life?

Why Florence Nightingale was so much more than the ‘Lady with the Lamp’. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The life and legend of Florence Nightingale. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Victorians: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Linda Porter“You’ve got to be impressed by how these women played the system”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chanel and the Riviera. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The mistresses of Charles II. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Julian of Norwich: Janina Ramirez hails 'the female Chaucer'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mary Magdalene: why do people want to believe she was a sinner and prostitute?

Viking women. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General ancient history

Mulan: the history of the Chinese legend behind the film

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