Gender, Sexism, and the Middle Ages

Ever since her death at the stake in 1431, Joan of Arc has become a powerful symbol. Women fighting for the expansion of the right…

Well-behaved medieval women seldom made history. While medieval women were officially barred from positions of power in the Church, several found ways to make their…

When you walk through a museum, what aren't you seeing? Kit Heyam explores the hidden histories of women and queer people just below the surface…

Alijt Bake was a young, passionate, brilliant reformer. So, naturally, she was opposed by the older generation. See how a medieval nun took her critics…

Castration is a spectre that looms large in Game of Thrones. But how common were eunuchs in the actual Middle Ages? Does Game of Thrones…

Medieval women were not illiterate princesses in towers. They read and wrote, and some became literary giants in their time.

Pop-culture vikings are often butch masculine stereotypes. The real vikings were often anything but.

We all know werewolves as legendary figures that periodically fly into an unstoppable rage. What you may not know is that in the Middle Ages…

Knight Fight is HISTORY's new reality show where men club each other with pseudo-medieval weapons. What could be wrong with that?