The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of: Christine de Pizan

https://weirdmedievalguys.substack.com/p/the-coolest-medieval-woman-youve

Title explains it, Christine de Pizan was kind of a bamf and you should know about her.

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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Awesome.

I'll see your Christine de Pizan and raise you the biggest badass that no one really knows: The Viking of Stamford Bridge.

Dee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

It just makes my history heart go all pitter patter when someone was so incredibly badass that even though their name has been lost, it's instead been replaced with a badass title.