#AnneOfGloucester grew up with the library of #Pleshey Castle, commissioned & collected by the #bibliophile #Bohun family, & catalogued in 1397 when her father was arrested. #WomensHistory prompts reflection on household culture, role models, generational influence - & how both we & kings may struggle with inner demons.

🎨 made for Anne's mother, #EleanorDeBohun. 🧵 13/

#BookOfHours #Psalter #digitised #manuscript #OpenAccess #MedievalWomen #medieval #medievodons #GranddaughtersOfEdwardIII

Thinking about #MedievalWomen also casts new light on the men. #JohnOfGaunt gave lavish tips to messengers bringing news of his brother's babies, & not only for the firstborn son. When #AnneOfGloucester arrived he rode over to #Pleshey, bestowed lavish gifts, & tipped the 'rokestare' who rocked the baby in her cradle.
@ANDictionary notes this use of an old English word in the Anglo-Norman context of Gaunt's register: https://www.anglo-norman.net/entry/rokestare 🧵 12/
#medieval #rockstar #GranddaughtersOfEdwardIII

I've been enjoying 'The Granddaughters of Edward III' by #KathrynWarner, thanks to a review copy from #NetGalley. Two queens, several scandals, descendants with competing claims leading to the #WarsOfTheRoses. Many history books focus on half the population; examining what we know of the women provides new perspective. 🧵 1/

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Granddaughters-of-Edward-III-Hardback/p/22445

#NewBook #medieval #biography #prosopography #MedievalWomen #14thCentury #15thCentury #medievodons @medievodons #GranddaughtersOfEdwardIII

Meet the Most Prominent Jewish Business Woman of Medieval England: Licoricia of Winchester

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-most-important-jewish-woman-in-medieval-england-180979486/
#mazeldon #JewishHistory #MedievalWomen #Licoricia

Remembering Jennifer Ward, an English historian of #MedievalWomen, and her lifelong enthusiasm for the #LadyOfClare. Is it evident in the photo? This was in 2019, part way between two favourite haunts at the #BritishLibrary & the #IHR; she had brought prized images of the marvellous #StainedGlass at #Tewkesbury. "A warm & generous scholar", as #NigelSaul wrote: https://www.mbs-brasses.co.uk/public/files/bulletin-149-february-2022-22220121154.pdf#page=19
#14thCentury #medieval #medievodons #histodons #obituary #FondMemory @medievodons

Brilantní populárně dějepisná knížka, která by si velmi zasloužila překlad do češtiny a co největší čtenost (nejen mezi vyučujícími dějepisu)! Není to jen seznam středověkých žen, o kterých bychom měli “taky vědět”, ale otáčí to perspektivu, kterou se na středověk obvykle díváme a ukazuje jak bizarní je, že ženy (cis i trans) byly z jeho dějin pozdějšími dějepisci víceméně vyškrtnuty. Čtěte! @drjaninaramirez@twitter.com #history #women #medievalwomen #femina #xp

I can’t believe my winter vacation is almost over — classes start up again on Monday. Excited for the courses I’m teaching (#MedievalHistory #HistoryOfMedicine and #MedievalWomen ), but dang those two months flew!

👵🏻: ‘…In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night…’
👦🏻: “Wait! Why is there a female shepherd?”
👵🏻: ‘Why not? The sheep don’t care.’

#MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #MedievalManuscriptsInCanada #MedievalWomen #ChristmasEve @bookhistodons @medievodons

Going to find myself posting hashtags here just so I can search them now, aren't I? (Plsssss fix this functionality!) 😱🤪
#medieval #médieviste #MedievalWomen

Asterion's correct name here is Material Lives: Women, Clothing and Agency in Late Medieval English Texts. It's much more fun to think of the bundle of papers as the dread thesis, Asterion – for so many reasons.
As Asterion isn't particularly photogenic, another rose – this time yellow, not sun burnt but carrying some aphids.
#PhDLife #Editing #MedievalWomen

Asterion's correct name here is Material Lives: Women, Clothing and Agency in Late Medieval English Texts. It's much more fun to think of the bundle of papers as the dread thesis, Asterion – for so many reasons.
As Asterion isn't particularly photogenic, another (less sun damaged) rose.
#PhDLife #Editing #MedievalWomen