Historian and host of the Gone Medieval podcast Eleanor Janega ranks the most stylish women’s fashion from the medieval period. From the extravagant houppelande to the humble chemise, Eleanor scores ...

Queen Camilla wore an all-black outfit with a mantilla (traditional veil) to greet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican ...

This incisive revisionist history tracks “societal expectations of women” from the Middle Ages to today. Blogger and historian Janega (The Middle Ages: A Graphic History) notes that early Christian ...

Archaeologists in Northamptonshire uncovered a 1,300-year-old gold necklace, the Harpole treasure, in the grave of an elite medieval woman. Photo from Museum of London Archaeology Archaeologists ...