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Joelle Rollo-Koster

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Medieval Europe was far from democratic, but that didn’t mean tyrants got a free pass

My students tend to imagine the Middle Ages as something like the “Kingdom Come” or “Total War” video games: an age of utter political chaos,...

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Joelle Rollo-Koster

Gifts that live on, from best bodices to money for bridge repairs: Women’s wills in medieval France give a glimpse into their surprising independence

In medieval Europe, views of women could often be summed up in two words: sinner or saint. As a historian of the Middle Ages, I teach a course...

27.02.2024 4

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