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Ep 214 - Medieval Women: Anna Komnene and Julian of Norwich
🕑 Added 2025-04-11 17:56:26 +0000 UTCpatrons, here's your ad-free regular episode for the week. we answered questions from Xia, Ollie Cant, and Beth in this one.
folks, we're back with another installment of our occasional Medieval women series where we look back at two influential women from the Middle Ages. today, we look at two who couldn't be more different in most respects: the Byzantine princess and historian, Anna Komnene, and the English anchoress, mystic, and visionary, Julian of Norwich. we talk about what made each of them influential and how they made their marks in male-dominated fields of history, politics, and religion. check it out!
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Dan Aya
shout out to the repeated mentions of beguines! Used to live in a beguinage for a couple of years during the lockdowns - what a cool place, loved the views and the quiet, but the crappy single glazed windows made it literally cool in winter lol
Colin Keesee
The Pittsburgh basement/toilet setup usually has a shower or at least a sink as well. It’s supposed to be a place where dad would clean up and change his clothes after work (and presumably he’d keep his work clothes in the basement as well).
