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“Knowing that people of different classes, backgrounds, races, religions, disabilities, genders and sexual orientations have always been a part of history allows us to find ourselves in the past. It also serves to level the playing field going forward. It wasn't just rich and powerful men who built the modern world. Women have always been a part of it, as has the full range of human diversity, but we are only now beginning to see what has been hidden in plain sight.”
― Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
― Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
“Time erodes nuance”
― Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
― Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
“Teaching children about great men enforced a sense of a great nation, a version of history which could be distributed along the length and breadth of vast empires. Controlling access to the past controls populations in the present, and determining who writes history can affect thought and behaviour. Famously the Nazis created a version of German history which cherry-picked and repackaged information so as to benefit the regime's agenda.”
― Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
― Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
“I can’t hope for anything more, I can’t hope for anything better, and yet the void that I feel is immense, and I am always waiting for him to fill it. But what could possibly fill what is already full?”
― My Husband
― My Husband
“In times of colonial expansion, when support for the slave trade was required, the historian fed readers tales of explorers and conquerors. When soldiers were needed, ready to die for king and country, the historian gave them heroes and warriors. When society favored male dominance and female subservience, the historian provided male oriented history
What about writing history now, at a time when so many are striving for greater equality? Can looking backward impact how we look forward? Finding empowered women with agency from the medieval period is my way of shifting gear, providing new narratives for readers today.”
― Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
What about writing history now, at a time when so many are striving for greater equality? Can looking backward impact how we look forward? Finding empowered women with agency from the medieval period is my way of shifting gear, providing new narratives for readers today.”
― Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it
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