Prehistoric and Bronze Age Images of Women

Women in ancient Mesopotamia

Women in ancient Egypt

Women of the ancient Hebrews

Women in ancient and medieval India, Hinduism and Buddhism

Women in ancient and medieval China

Women in medieval Japan

Women in ancient Greece

Women in the Roman Empire

Women in Byzantium

Women in early Christianity

Women in the Medieval Islamic World

Women in the Medieval African Kingdoms

Women in Medieval Europe

Was there a Renaissance for Women?

Women in the Protestant Reformation

General Resources

Syllabus

Women in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds Main Page

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Georgia College & State University

Women in Medieval Europe

Dr. Vess's Medieval Monasticism Web site contains quite a bit of information on women in the medieval world. See especially the pages on Benedictine Monasticism, Anglo-Saxon Monasticism, Merovingian Monasticism, Medieval monastic women, and Irish monasticism for materials related to women in the Middle Ages.

The Beguines

Feminae Medieval Women and Gender Index great place to do a bibliographic search. indexes articles relating to several geographic regions.

Medieval women page from Georgetown Labyrinth. several dead links. no longer actively maintained.

Monastic Matrix set of resources for the study of medieval monastic women.

Interactive Exploration of Medieval and Renaissance Women

Several primary sources relating to women in medieval Europe from the Internet Women's History Sourcebook

Monographs, articles and other resources on medieval women from Questia.

Dominion and Domination of the Gentle Sex: The Lives of Medieval Women a thinkquest site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above: Bust of Nefertiti from the Berlin Museum

Below: Bust of Cleopatra