31 October 2024, The Tablet

History as her story


We know very little of the lives of medieval women, but the evidence is there to learn more

History as her story

xThe Mortuary Roll of Lucy of Hedingham: illustrations of the Crucifixion, Virgin &?Child and Abbess Lucy’s soul raised to Heaven.
© British Library Board

 
Joanna Moorhead on an exhibition that celebrates writers, healers and religious thinkers.
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