Flemish Female Spies Watching Maximilian’s Every Move
In late medieval Flanders, women played an influential role in wars. Not as soldiers on the battlefield, but as messengers or spies.
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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
In late medieval Flanders, women played an influential role in wars. Not as soldiers on the battlefield, but as messengers or spies.
An exhibition in Mechelen shows portraits of young Habsburg princes and princesses that tell us a lot about the political powers struggles of sixteenth-century Europe.