Muriel of Lincoln
Medieval England and Angevin Empire, Saxon England, Women in History Rachel Elwiss Joyce Medieval England and Angevin Empire, Saxon England, Women in History Rachel Elwiss Joyce

Muriel of Lincoln

Nicola de la Haye held Lincoln Castle against a French siege and saved England, and everyone remembers her name.

Almost no one remembers her grandmother.

Muriel of Lincoln didn't lead armies or defy kings in any spectacular fashion, but without her calculated survival and strategic positioning, there would be no Nicola, no legend, no castle defense that changed the course of English history.

This is the story of the invisible foundation upon which greatness was built.

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What Languages Did Jews Speak in Medieval England?
Medieval Jews, Medieval England and Angevin Empire Rachel Elwiss Joyce Medieval Jews, Medieval England and Angevin Empire Rachel Elwiss Joyce

What Languages Did Jews Speak in Medieval England?

In twelfth-century England, Jewish communities lived in a world of many languages: Hebrew for prayer and scholarship, Anglo-Norman French for daily life and business, early Yiddish among German-origin Jews, and Middle English among their neighbours. Here’s how that multilingual world shaped the Jewish characters in Lady of the Castle.

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