Portraits of the saint by artists like Kathleen Verschoyle and Evie Hone were widely promoted by the female-run Cuala arts group ...

Medieval writer Cogitosus described Kildare as a 'vast and metropolitan city' thanks to the presence of the tomb of St Brigid ...

The abbesses of Kildare were stripped of any authority (and probably their distaffs) in 12th century church synods. We know ...

Our Declaration of Independence, drafted 250 years ago, states that it is a self-evident truth that human beings are endowed ...

These tiny beads could have been stitched onto clothing or attached to jewellery Intriguing new discoveries in a medieval cemetery in Wales have brought archaeologists closer to solving the mystery ...

An eye-catching Marine Corps uniform accessory that was long reserved for male officers and senior enlisted leaders at the service’s birthday ball and formal evening dinners is no longer exclusively ...

LONDON, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A thousand-year-old Gospel manuscript, believed to have been written by a community of women in medieval Germany, will be offered at Christie's London on December ...

A new statue of Dervorguilla of Galloway was installed in the Master’s Court of the University of Oxford’s Balliol College in September. She was the 13th-century cofounder of Balliol and its first ...

A recently uncovered gospel written by a community of women in the early 10th century will be one of the marquee lots at Christie’s valuable books and manuscripts sale in London on December 10. It is ...

On October 10th , Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, a member of the far-right Islamic group known as the Taliban, held a press conference in New Delhi at which no women journalists were ...

In urban pockets or a remote bazaar, you can read history on every body: elders in woolen pherans, young women pairing embroidered cloaks with jeans, and men in sharp coats. Every layer carries a ...