Outside a church in Surrey stands a plaque dedicated to Christine Carpenter. Known as the Anchoress of Shere, the 14th Century woman spent her life imprisoned in a cell at St James' Church in Shere.

Before the 14th century, elite men and women wore long tunics with pleats and layers of fabric that fell loosely, obscuring the body. Men’s tunics were usually somewhat shorter than women’s, ...

And if you want more insights into Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, especially this Holy Week, I commend the words of an Italian mystic from the 14th century. Her name is Saint Catherine of Siena.

Alessandra Giliani lived in the 14th century. That was 500 years before women were admitted to any medical school in the world. So Alessandra did what she had to to practice medicine.

Women would wear leather belts to cinch the fabric in. ... In the 14th century, cut of clothing became the preeminent sign of class. As a lady of high estaat, ...

Tech & Science Digital history: Face-to-face with our medieval ancestors. Talking 3D digital reconstructions of a 14th Century woman, a bishop, and a cleric with a cleft palate, have been created.

These women were among the country's fiercest. For hundreds of years, Japan was a warrior state. ... Aside from a brief period in the 14th century, ...

Scientists have ingeniously built a 3D digital reconstruction of a 'beautiful' 14th century woman and a cleric with a cleft palate - both of whom will talk to visitors at an attraction in Scotland.

The Beating the Bounds ceremony dates back to the 14th century Women have been able to play a major part in a town's historic ceremony for the first time in its history. The Beating the Bounds ...