Book of the Month – March 2025

In celebration of Women’s History Month, March’s book recommendation is ‘Stories of Women in the Middle Ages’; Maria Teresa Brolis (Author), Joyce Myerson – translator (Author), Franco Cardini – foreward (Author).

Between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries in Europe, not all women fit the stereotype of passive housewife and mother. Many led bold and dynamic lives.

In this collection of historical portraits, Maria Teresa Brolis tells the fascinating tales of fashion icons, art clients, businesswomen, saints, healers, lovers, and pilgrims – both famous and little known – who challenge conventional understandings of the medieval female experience.

Drawing on evidence from literary works and archival documents that include letters, chronicles, trials, testimonials, notary registers, contracts, and wills, Brolis pieces together an intricate overview of sixteen women’s lives. [Amazon]

Women’s History Month aims to highlight and celebrate the contributions of women to events in history and modern society.

This is now available as an audiobook from your University Library: https://libbyapp.com/library/ulincoln/generated-1652366/page-1/4500806

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Story submitted by Jo Wilkinson
jwilkinson@lincoln.ac.uk