Gloucester History Festival Special #4 - Janina Ramirez on Erased Medieval Women

Today we have a fourth special for you from our place as podcasters in residence at the Gloucester History Festival, and joining Paul today is Author, Medieval Historian, President of the Gloucester History Festival and Raider of the Lost Past, Janina Ramirez. Janina has come to rage about the women actually erased from history..We hear about the Queen of Wales, the reinvention of Margery Kemp, the origin of the phrase 'a woman's place is in the home' and how medieval women had lives, industries and were not this second sex..You can, and should, read Nina's book on this subject and this is available in the History Rage Bookshop and you can follow Gareth on Twitter @drjaninaramirez If you’ve not managed to make it this year then the festival returns twice in 2024, those dates are 12th April to 14th April and 7th September to 22nd September 2024.You can sign up to the Festival Mailing List at gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk and follow them on Twitter @gloshistfestYou can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage. You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.