The Monstrous Regiment of Women

Isabel of Aragon, queen of Portugal and Catholic Saint (born 4 January 1271*) Isabel of Aragon, born in Sargossa in 1271, was the third chil...

Guglielma of Milan, Unofficial Saint, Posthumous Heretic, and Maybe a Princess of Bohemia? (died 24 October 1281) In the year 1260, a woman ...

Adelaide of Burgundy, Empress and Regent of the Holy Roman Empire (died 16 December 999) About the women in Adelaide of Burgundy's exte...

Radegund of Thuringia (died 13 August 587) Probably born between the years 518 and 520, Radegund was the daughter of Berthacar, one of thre...

Milburgha of Wenlock (died 23 February 715) Milburgha (or Mildburh) of Wenlock was the daughter of Merwald (or Merewalh), a minor king ...

Saint Barbara (feast day, 4 December) Today is the feast day for the Christian saint and martyr revered as Saint Barbara. Sa...

Mechthild of Hackeborn (died 19 November 1298) In 1240 or 1241, Mechthild von Hackeborn-Wippra was born in the castle of Helfta, in Sax...

Hilda of Whitby (died 17 November 680) Virtually everything we know about the extraordinary woman now most commonly known as "Hild...

Frithuswith (died 19 October 727) An Anglo-Saxon princess, Frithuswith (or Frideswide) was probably born about the year 650, the daughte...

Teresa of Ávila (feast day, 15 October) Born on 28 March 1515, Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada would become one of the most well-kno...