Tag: Colonial America

• It Was Really Her Plantation: White Early American Southern Women’s Positions of Authority on Plantations 1607-1776

  

  Today we have a really interesting guest post lined up for you. I’m happy to introduce Catherine Williams, a graduate student in Early Modern Studies, who will be telling us all about White women in the Early Modern American South. These women held unique positions of power and authority through their scarcity and through the…

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  October 7, 2025

  Women’s History

  17th Century, 18th Century, African American history, American History, Black history, Black History Month, British History, Colonial America, Early Modern, English History, history, Slavery, Women’s History

• Legendary People: Pocahontas, The Real History

  

  In 1995 Disney released the film Pocahontas which earnt $346 million at the box office and received two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe and a Grammy. In the subsequent years, many began to learn that Pocahontas was based on a real person who was born 400 years before the film’s release – and that her…

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  June 5, 2020

  Legendary People, Women’s History

  British Empire, British History, Colonial America, Early Modern, Early Modern England, Early Modern History, history, Jamestown, Native American, Native American History, Pocahontas, Women’s History

• Mythical Creatures: The Headless Blemmyes

  

  Although people living in medieval Europe knew a lot more of the wider world than many initially think, with strong trade links in Asia and northern Africa, they were still intrigued about what lay beyond the land known to man, and stories of mythical creatures abounded. One such creature which fascinated for centuries was the…

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  April 22, 2020

  Mythical Creatures

  Ancient History, Blemmyes, Colonial America, Early Modern, European History, history, Medieval Europe, Medieval History, Medieval Manuscripts, Mythical Creatures, mythology

• Women of Just History Posts Part 2: International Women’s Day 2020

  

  Two years ago today I compiled a post exploring six of the blog posts I have written about women in honour of International Women’s Day. I decided today was a great chance to revisit this idea and have a look back at some of the fantastic women we have explored over the past few years.…

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  March 8, 2020

  Seasonal, Women’s History

  Colonial America, European History, Georgian fashion, Highwaywomen, history, International Women’s Day, Medieval Witchcraft, Medieval Women, Royal Women, Witchcraft, Women, Women’s History

• Women of Just History Posts: International Women’s Day 2018

  

  As today is International Women’s day, and women hold such a huge focus in my blog, I thought it would be remiss of me to not do a post to celebrate. Over the past year and a half I have written about plenty of amazing royal women, and I am hoping to soon expand into…

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  March 8, 2018

  Seasonal

  Byzantine, Colonial America, fashion history, Highwaywomen, history, International Women’s Day, Medieval History, Medieval Women, Royal Women, Women, Women’s History

• Feeble or Fierce? Colonial Women of North America

  

  You may or may not be aware of the recent article in The Guardian reviewing the new historical television drama, Jamestown. This article has garnered a lot of criticism in the historical world, and for good reason. If you don’t want to read the article, then the main summary points are this: Now, after I…

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  May 8, 2017

  Women’s History

  American History, Colonial America, Early Modern, Early Modern History, English History, history, Jamestown, Medieval History, Seventeenth Century History, Women’s History