The Monstrous Regiment of Women

Margherita da Trento, "Sister in Christ" (burned at the stake on 1 June 1307) Margherita da Trento--Margaret of Trent--is a shadow...

 Antonia Tanini Pulci (7 May, the feast of St. Domitilla) Although an English translation of Antonia Pulci's  sacre rappresentazioni  (l...

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...

Matilda of Canossa, margravine of Tuscany (died 24 July 1115) Far too often when I begin a post, I must note that there is very little evid...