Marie Was Never a Nuisance
This post was originally a thread which I posted on Twitter in March 2019, in response to a meme which was being widely linked to …
Women’s History
The Myth of Marguerite de Bressieux
This post was originally a thread which I posted on Twitter in October 2017, in response to this post on the Rejected Princesses site which …
Entering the Matrix
Novelists have no particular obligation to the past—or at least, no requirement to recreate it with any kind of fidelity. Just as the makers of …
The Sisters of Prémontré Database
I’m pleased to make available my first attempt at building an online database! “The Sisters of Prémontré: A Prosopographical Database” makes searchable (by name, role, …
The Women of the Lymond Chronicles
Dorothy Dunnett’s Lymond Chronicles may be one of the most influential series of novels that most people have never heard of. The books follow nobleman …
Twisted Sisters
Sex sells, particularly when it comes with a side order of subversion. It’s no surprise, then, to find that recently released The Nun (2018) has …
Not So Happily-Ever-After: Royal Divorce in the Middle Ages
Much ink has been spilled on the marriage of Prince Harry of Wales and American actress Meghan Markle over the past few months, and a …
The Lioness in Winter: Thinking About A Medieval Woman on Film
This month, many people trekked across a snowy campus to take in the first instalment of this semester’s Alan Lutkus International Film Series: the iconic …
Women on the March from Medieval to Modern
I was one of the thousands of people who gathered in Seneca Falls this past Saturday to participate in the Women’s March. This was just …
The White Nuns? Cistercian Women and Whiteness in Marco Polo’s India
In part of his famous Travels, Marco Polo discusses an area he calls Maabar: the southeastern coast region of the Indian subcontinent, modern day Tamil …