Biographies of Women in the Middle Ages

A small but growing collection of individuals from the Middle Ages and Renaissance offers a brief description of who each historic woman was and what she accomplished as well as useful websites, books, related online resources, and more.

From About Guide to Women's History Jone Johnson Lewis, a growing collection of biographies written by Jone or visitors to her site.

About Guide to Women's History Jone Johnson Lewis provides a timeline of nineteen extraordinary women who lived in the tenth century, with links to biographies at her site.

Insightful biographies of Catherine of Siena and Teresa of Avila and useful net links, from your About.com Guide to Women's History, Jone Johnson.

Very nice bio of Henry VIII's fourth wife, who managed to survive her marriage and acquire the title of "the King's Sister," by About.com Guide to Women's History, Jone Johnston-Lewis.

Blanche served as regent of France for her husband as well as her son, the future Louis IX. An informative article from the 1911 Encyclopedia.

Includes links to online works and a chronology of the life and times of the first professional woman writer in English.

Most of these biographies, presented by the Women in World History Curriculum, examine medieval women.

Well-referenced bio of the sixteenth-century pirate (also known as Granuaile) includes info about her meeting with Queen Elizabeth. Interesting offering by Judy Staley at the Notable Women Ancestors site.

Searchable site maintained by Jane Lambert contains sections on Jane's life and times, plus photos, a timeline, and info on the line of succession.

Meta-site by Kari Boyd McBride offers a biography, a bibliography of works by and about the seventeenth-century poet, and online poems. You can also join the Lanyer mailing list here.

Brief yet lucid and informative biography of the woman whose turbulent life made an indelible impression on British history, by Robert M. Gunn.

Monograph by Onnie Duvall at the ORB examines the life of the Frankish queen and the time and place in which she lived.

Article by Danuta Bois at the Distinguished Women of Past and Present site focuses on the eleventh-century physician who helped alleviate the suffering of women and wrote medical books.

Three images accompany this fascinating article by Dr. Jyotsna Kamat about the memorial to a tenth-century scholar found in Kolar.