Museum of Femininity
Museum of Femininity
Episode 61 Medieval Women: innovators, artists, mystics and rulers
In todays episode we explore the role women played in Medieval European Society, with a focus on Anglo-Saxon Queens and their political and religious influences, the power and respect bestowed on wise and visionary abbesses and nuns and artists who produced embroidery that was praised throughout Europe.
Images - Instagram @themuseumoffemininty
Sources
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It
Book by Janina Ramirez
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/queen-bertha-historical-enigma/
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/whitby-abbey/history-and-stories/st-hild/
https://www.bl.uk/people/queen-emma
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Aethelflaed-Lady-of-the-Mercians/
https://www.historyextra.com/period/norman/bayeux-tapestry-where-make-how-long-who-when-stitch-penises-visit/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Hildegard
https://www.arthistoryproject.com/artists/hildegard-von-bingen/scivias-i3-god-cosmos-and-humanity/