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New Medieval Books: The Formidable Women Who Shaped Medieval Europe - Medievalists.net

Over forty Burgundian royal and noblewomen wielded political, religious, and cultural power through governance, negotiation, patronage, estate management, and ecclesiastical appointments (14th–16th centuries).
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Ball of the Burning Men: When Decadence Turned Deadly

It was supposed to be just another masquerade. As daylight turned to dusk on 28 January 1393, servants rushed through the halls of the Hôtel Saint-Pol in Paris, making the final arrangements for what promised to be an evening of fun and revelry. Large spreads of food were set out on tables; musicians readied their instruments. And, in an adjoining room, six young noblemen were being sewn into costumes of linen and flax, to resemble the wild wood savages of fairy tale legend.
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