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Labours of the month - June Illustration from a 15th-century CE manuscript Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33, p. 5r – Book of Hours

Begijnhof, Breda, The Netherlands. The Beguines were all devoted women who lived lives of poverty, good works, and charity but were not nuns and could leave the group whenever they chose to.

From a compendium of Christine de Pizan’s works commissioned in 1413 CE, produced by her scriptorium in Paris. The British Library. Harley 4431, f.259v. Christine de Pizan (also known as Christine de Pisan, l. 1364-1430...

Detail of carving at Peterskirche, Munich.

Effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Fontevraud Abbey, France. Eleanor of Aquitaine (l. c. 1122-1204) was one of the most powerful political figures – male or female – in the Middle Ages as a whole. She was the wife of Louis VII...

Screenshot of winter in the computer game At the Gates by Conifer Games.

Screenshot of the Clan Screen of the computer game At the Gates by Conifer Games.

Screenshot of the early game of Jon Shafer's At the Gates.

Illustration from the computer game At the Gates by Conifer Games.

Photo of game designer Jon Shafer.