medieval women

Young Margaret of Anjou

On 30th May 1445, a 15-year-old French girl was crowned Queen of England. Her French name (Margueritte) literally meant ‘daisy’, a flower she took as her personal emblem. By her parents and siblings she was… Read More »Young Margaret of Anjou

Women in the 15th Century – A Tale of Three Margarets

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In 1859 Mary Ann Evans published her first novel under the pen name ‘George Elliot’. She used a pseudonym because she did not believe Victorian society would take women as writers seriously. In the early… Read More »Women in the 15th Century – A Tale of Three Margarets