Queenship and the language of politics in the thirteenth-century

Queenship and the language of politics in the thirteenth-century

Nov 29, 2018

By Anaïs Waag Until very recently medieval studies was dominated by the perception that women were actively kept away from political power – a notion we owe mainly to nineteenth-century historians. While there was undoubtedly a preference for male rulers throughout...

Novel Approaches (12): The gendering of historical fiction part two

Nov 22, 2011

 The Musketeers  Male historical fiction takes a very different form than that intended for a female audience: adventure, warfare, murder mysteries. For the most part this form of historical fiction repeatedly tests the protagonist (usually male) before he is...