Dr Janina Ramirez

Historian and author

Janina Ramirez is an Oxford lecturer, BBC broadcaster, author and researcher. She has presented and written more than 30 hours of BBC history documentaries on TV and radio. Her books include Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it (WH Allen, 2022)

Recent articles by Dr Janina Ramirez

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Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 2

HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina Ramirez Hildegard of Bingen . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 1

HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina Ramirez The Loftus Princess . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hildegard of Bingen

15 minutes of fame Janina Ramirez chooses Hildegard of Bingen

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Hildegard of Bingen Medieval polymath . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, illustrated sitting on a throne

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings

Viking sailors make the long voyage across the Atlantic between Europe and America, in order to bring back timber, circa 1350. The Vikings are thought to have discovered America in around 1000 AD, but never attempted full colonization of the new land, due to the hostile natives. Painting by NC Wyeth. (Image by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

“Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets,” plus 7 more Viking myths busted

Julian of Norwich holds her famous book in a sculpture at the doors of Norwich Cathedral. (Photo by Creative Commons Wiki)

Julian of Norwich: Janina Ramirez hails ‘the female Chaucer’

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Janina Ramirez. (Photo by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine)

Books interview with Janina Ramirez: the private lives of the saints . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.