Pop Culture Meet the Woman Behind ‘Weird Medieval Guys,’ the Internet Hit Mining Odd Art From the Middle Ages. Olivia Swarthout's new book unearths all that's weird and wonderful about this ...

The researcher behind the viral art history-inspired social account Weird Medieval Guys offers advice on how to live, laugh and love in dark times. CNN values your feedback 1.

WASHINGTON — About 1,000 years ago, a woman in Germany died and was buried in an unmarked grave in a church cemetery. No record of her life survived, and no historian had reason to wonder who ...

Peasant women, then, were real Jills of all trades. They might be holding down a family farm as well as a second job on another, or a business on top of their agricultural responsibilities.

When people belonging to peasant communities in late medieval Sweden prayed to God they usually stood up and put their palms together. That was how they displayed their devotion before God. This ...

The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 has always been believed a male-dominated affair, but new research shows the role of women.

The researcher behind the viral art history-inspired social account Weird Medieval Guys offers advice on how to live, laugh and love in dark times. CNN values your feedback 1.

The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 has always been believed a male-dominated affair, but new research shows the role of women.

Swarthout is the researcher behind the popular art history-inspired social media account Weird Medieval Guys, which has attracted nearly 700,000 followers on X, formerly Twitter, since she began ...