Eleanor Janega is a medieval historian at the London School of Economics. Much to my amusement as a medieval historian, the Black Death is suddenly an everyday topic of conversation. That pandemic of ...

We showed medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega a series of AI Images depicting the most famous scenes throughout the Middle ...

How did medieval people wipe their a**? What was the weather like in the Middle Ages? How much was medieval money worth?

Those inclined to see our era as a feminist golden age will find a timely corrective in “The Once and Future Sex,” medieval historian Eleanor Janega’s accessible and entertaining study of how women ...

In this fascinating piece from our sister publication Bust, noted historian Dr. Eleanor Janega peels back the habit on one of the Middle Ages’ most fascinating figures: Hildegard of Bingen. A ...

This incisive revisionist history tracks “societal expectations of women” from the Middle Ages to today. Blogger and historian Janega (The Middle Ages: A Graphic History) notes that early Christian ...

Janega teaches medieval and early modern history at the London School of Economics. The creator of the popular blogGoing Medieval,and author ofThe Middle Ages: A Graphic HistoryandThe Once and Future ...

In the illuminating and entertaining blog Going Medieval, Eleanor Janega, a medievalist at the London School of Economics, upends prevalent misconceptions about medieval Europe. These ...