I've spoken before about the absurd narrative in Western culture/academia, that the history of Islam is a barren wasteland of male historical figures with no women of note. Decades of recent academia, has debunked this narrative and I myself have written a few times in various posts about a number of Islamic women who were… Continue reading Sitt al-Mulk // Lady of the Kingdom
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Yolande of Aragon // The Woman That Won the Hundred Years War Part 3
The last time we checked in with our favourite powerhouse Yolande of Aragon, it was 1423 and after four years in the South, she had returned to France to deal with the embarrassingly shitty shenanigans in Paris. These shitty shenanigans had resulted in the crowning of the infant King of England as the new King… Continue reading Yolande of Aragon // The Woman That Won the Hundred Years War Part 3
Yolande of Aragon / The Woman That Won the Hundred Years War Part 2
Last time we checked in with Yolande of Aragon, she was celebrating the engagement of her daughter Marie to Prince Charles the youngest son of the King and Queen of France. As tensions with the Duke of Burgundy had reached fever pitch Charles had then been given by his mother into the custody of his… Continue reading Yolande of Aragon / The Woman That Won the Hundred Years War Part 2
Yolande of Aragon / The Woman That Won the Hundred Years War Part 1
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that very, very few people have never heard of Joan of Arc. In the centuries since her death she's taken on this semi-legendary larger than life persona; in France, she's a national hero, a rallying figure for French nationalism whilst internationally she's often seen… Continue reading Yolande of Aragon / The Woman That Won the Hundred Years War Part 1
MELISENDE OF JERUSALEM // Part 1.
Have any of you ever seen the film Kingdom of Heaven? It's a Ridley Scott epic released circa 2005 starring Orlando Bloom, Eva Green and Edward Norton among others, that focuses on Jerusalem and the events leading up to the Third Crusade. Male characters (and real life figures) like Saladin, Baldwin IV King of Jerusalem… Continue reading MELISENDE OF JERUSALEM // Part 1.
HÜRREM SULTAN // She Came, She Saw, She Conquered // Part 3.
Welcome to the third and final part of my profile into the legend that is Hürrem Sultan. I am so unbelievably sorry about the delay! I was in hospital for a while and then I went straight into quarantine during which I've struggled to find the motivation to complete this profile and then it didn't… Continue reading HÜRREM SULTAN // She Came, She Saw, She Conquered // Part 3.
HÜRREM SULTAN // She Came, She Saw, She Conquered // Part 2.
Welcome to the second part of my profile of the amazing Hürrem Sultan. When we left off in Part 1, Hürrem had it pretty great; she was the unrivalled favourite of the Ottoman sultan Süleyman I who had forsaken all others and become pretty much faithful to her and her only, they'd broken centuries of… Continue reading HÜRREM SULTAN // She Came, She Saw, She Conquered // Part 2.
HÜRREM SULTAN // She Came, She Saw, She Conquered // Part 1.
Welcome to this blog's first profile of a super under-appreciated female historical figure that deserves more love and attention! To kick this blog off, I thought I'd profile one of my personal favourites; a woman that everyone should (and unfortunately does not know)! This will be part 1 of her story; there will be number… Continue reading HÜRREM SULTAN // She Came, She Saw, She Conquered // Part 1.
The Monstrous Regiment of Women 