#14th century
✧ All the years of her life, and they were fifty-six, she had worked faithfully and untiringly for those dear to her, nor did her labours cease when failing health, sorrow, bereavement and disillusion darkened her path. The England of the fourteenth century was unsettled and excited, naturally perhaps, with such constant mighty victories and violent issues hanging ever in the balance; but through it all Philippa walked with clear head and steady feet. – Blanche Christabel Hardy, PhilippaofHainaultandHerTimes
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Beatrice d'Este
(This portrait was painted by Leonardo da Vinci)
June 29, 1475 – January 3, 1497
She was the patron of Leonardo da Vinci.
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A MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POTTERY GREEN-GLAZED ANTHROPOMORPHIC SMALL JUG, 14th Century
Syd Levethan: The Longridge Collection, London, Nov 3rd
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St. Barbara Catholic Church, Kraków, Poland by arte.studio
Another show off of my jupon. I made it reversible! Buhurt fights will destroy it but it will be worth it.
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Doing my last armour check before I zip up my bag and fly out first thing tomorrow morning.
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My partial armour up for HMB. Plz excuse the poses, I was being told to do my best blue steel impression.
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I need an excuse to wear this outfit somewhere!
Hat - The Crowned Heart
Red Belt - Make Your Own Medieval
Dress - ArmStreet
Underclothing made by me.
This is me at Abbey Medieval Festival, Caboolture, 2018.
Here’s a video about my experience at Abbey in 2017.
Hat, hood and gold belt: The Crowned Heart
Leather Belt: Made by me, fittings from Make Your Own Medieval
Linen dress and tunic: Also made by me
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The museum believes these are lions, but they also look like barking dogs within dogs (they’re wearing collars). On a wool carpet made in Anatolia, Turkey, in the 14th century.
A group of these early animal rugs started appearing on the antiques market in the 1990s from Tibet, where they are believed to have been traded from Anatolia in early times. Anatolian animal rugs were also popular in Europe during the 14th-15th centuries and appear in European paintings.
Source:Met Museum
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Author, historian, poet, philosopher
Born 1364 or 1365 – Died 1430 (age 65 - 66)
Claim to fame: An advocate for women’s education, Christine is the first European woman known to have made her living as a writer.
Born the eldest child of the personal physician to King Charles V of France, Christine was well educated and benefited from access to the King’s vast library.
Christine was married at 15 and widowed just 10 years later. After her husband’s death, she turned to writing to support herself and her family, serving as a court writer for several dukes as well as Charles VI of France.
Her 1405 book, ‘La Cité des Dames’ (‘Book of the City of Ladies’), catalogued female accomplishment and helped establish her popularity. This book is considered by many as the inaugural text in the field now known as women’s studies.
Christine completed forty-one works during her career. Her work contradicted negative female stereotypes and countered unjust slander of women within other literary texts. She argued that women have the same aptitudes as men and thus the right to the same education. Christine’s influence in the otherwise male-dominated field of rhetorical discourse lead Simone de Beauvoir to acknowledge her as the first woman to “take up her pen in defence of her sex”.
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Detail of the gold woman’s crown, which probably belonged to Blanche of Valois, first wife of the emperor Charles IV. Part of the Środa treasure, 14th century
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Meister der Weltenchronik, Construction of the Tower of Babel, c. 1370, parchment, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München.
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Left: illustration of a woman in a blue cotehardie, ca. 14th century.
Right: modern blue off the shoulder prom dress.
