University of Cambridge15h
From working mothers to modern retirees
Historian Helen McCarthy helps us make sense of our recent past. She infuses her subjects – from working mothers to modern ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN12h
Women Played a More Important Role in Producing Medieval Manuscripts Than Previously Thought
New research suggests that women were the scribes of at least 1.1 percent of manuscripts in the Latin West between 400 and ...
University of Chicago News13h
There’s no such thing as a ‘golden age,’ says Renaissance scholar
In new book, UChicago’s Ada Palmer explores popular misunderstandings of the Renaissance and historical myths used for ...