Drunk Summer Vacay and okay fine let's do Aethelflaed. Now I know a lot of you stan The Lady and you might want to fight me when this is over but I have Thoughts so I'm risking it. (Also holy shit this is so, so long, fair warning.) Okay. So for background, which you might... Continue Reading →
Matilda of Flanders
I promised a friend that I would start this thing off with a new post about Matilda of Flanders, so here we go. *daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, and Adela, whose father and brother were kings of France *highly educated - possibly couldn't write, it wasn't a common skill, but knew Flemish, Latin,... Continue Reading →
St. Isabella of France
It's Women's History Month and y'all know what I study, so I'm going to torture this captive audience and tell you allllll about some of my very favorite ladies. First up: Saint Isabella of France, 13th century princess of I Don't Give A FUCK. Lemme school you on Isabella. -Isabella was the only daughter of... Continue Reading →
Emma of Normandy
I wasn't sure which of my medieval favorites I wanted to spotlight next for Women's History Month - I have so many! - but today I feel like talking about a woman who fucking won. So let's chat about Emma of Normandy, a queen I love so much she made it on my graduation cap.... Continue Reading →
Aelfgifu of Northampton
This got rather long but oh well. Story time. Once upon a time, the country we now know as England was being overrun by Vikings. They kept coming in, doing damage, and then leaving again after getting big payments from the country's terrible, terrible king. Eventually even that financial incentive stopped working, and they decided... Continue Reading →
Judith
Hey. Hey. Hey. Do you know about Judith? Can I tell you about Judith? Let's Drunk Friday History about Judith. Buckle up, butterfucks. So according to the Bible, Judith was this very rich, VERY beautiful widow. Her village was in line to be taken over by this general named Holofernes, who worked for Nebewhateverthefuck (I'm... Continue Reading →
Julian of Norwich
Everything is terrible, I know, but it's still Women's History Month and I still have things to share with you. Today I'm going to tell you about Julian of Norwich, a 14th century mystic and anchoress who was pretty cool. -Julian of Norwich was born. Yay! That's it, that's all we know. Most of what... Continue Reading →
Earl Godwin, This Fucking Guy
Drunk Friday and a few days ago I described the Godwins as "objectively terrible people" and I remembered that I once said I could do a whole ass rant about Earl Godwin so here it is. Earl Godwin. -this motherfucker -Earl Godwin was born in who-the-fuck cares to some people. Before he was an earl... Continue Reading →
St. Olga of Kiev
Taking a break from finishing this paper to tell you quickly (or not so quickly) about Olga, Grand Princess of Kiev. -Olga was about 15 when she married Igor, the grand prince of Kiev. When she was 20 Igor was murdered by enemy troops after he double-crossed them and tried to collect extra tribute. Which... Continue Reading →
A Language Diversion
Drunk Friday and for something different let's talk about the Old English word tungelwitegan and why I hate to see it translated as 'astronomers' because yes I've been thinking about it. So in Old English there are two words: tungelwitegan and tungelcraeft. Both are compound words, okay? Tungel, or tungol, has various meanings - star,... Continue Reading →
She-Wolves, Mad Mothers, And Also Some Nuns 