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| birth_place = [[Dubai]],<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Ramirez |first=Janina |author-link=Janina Ramirez |user=DrJaninaRamirez |number=1279573718696681477 |date=4 July 2020 |title=@DerekGrainge @Moku_O_Keawe Born in Dubai. Make of that what you will........ |language=en |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705003829/https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez/status/1279573718696681477 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[United Arab Emirates]]
| birth_place = [[Dubai]],<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Ramirez |first=Janina |author-link=Janina Ramirez |user=DrJaninaRamirez |number=1279573718696681477 |date=4 July 2020 |title=@DerekGrainge @Moku_O_Keawe Born in Dubai. Make of that what you will........ |language=en |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705003829/https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez/status/1279573718696681477 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[United Arab Emirates]]
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'''Janina Sara Maria Ramirez''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRHistS|size=100%}} ({{IPA-pl|ja'nina|pron}}; ''{{nee}}'' '''Maleczek'''; born 7 July 1980), sometimes credited as '''Nina Ramirez''', is a British [[art history|art historian]], [[cultural history|cultural historian]], and TV presenter. She specialises in interpreting symbols and examining works of art within their historical context.
'''Janina Sara Maria Ramirez''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRHistS|size=100%}} ({{IPA|pl|ja'nina|pron}}; ''{{nee}}'' '''Maleczek'''; born 7 July 1980), sometimes credited as '''Nina Ramirez''', is a British [[art history|art historian]], [[cultural history|cultural historian]], and TV presenter. She specialises in interpreting symbols and examining works of art within their historical context.


==Education and academic career==
Ramirez went to school in [[Slough]], [[Berkshire]]. She gained a degree in [[English literature]], specialising in [[Old English|Old]] and [[Middle English]], from [[St Anne's College, Oxford]], before completing her postgraduate studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies, [[University of York]]. She completed a [[PhD]] on the artistic and literary symbolism of birds, which led to a lectureship in York's Art History Department, followed by lecturing posts at the [[University of Winchester]], [[University of Warwick]], and [[University of Oxford]].<ref name="Hughes"/>
Ramirez went to [[St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School]] in [[Slough]], [[Berkshire]], where she was [[head girl]].<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Ramirez |first=Janina |author-link=Janina Ramirez |user=DrJaninaRamirez |number=760565224642637824|date=2 August 2016|title=Wow! My friends keep digging out old school photos of me! This is the Head Boy & Girl of St Bernard's, Slough 1997!|access-date=18 December 2023}}</ref> She gained a degree in [[English literature]], specialising in [[Old English|Old]] and [[Middle English]], from [[St Anne's College, Oxford]], before completing her postgraduate studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies, [[University of York]]. She was awarded a [[PhD]] on The symbolic life of birds in Anglo-Saxon England<!--Q115006973-->,<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=The symbolic life of birds in Anglo-Saxon England |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115006973 |date=2006-01-01 |language=English |first=Janina |last=Ramirez}}</ref> which led to a lectureship in York's Art History Department, followed by lecturing posts at the [[University of Winchester]], [[University of Warwick]], and [[University of Oxford]].<ref name="Hughes"/>


Until 2021, Ramirez was the course director on the Certificate in History of Art at [[Oxford University]]'s [[Oxford University Department for Continuing Education|Department for Continuing Education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/undergraduate-certificate-in-history-of-art|title=Course details: Undergraduate Certificate in History of Art|publisher=Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford| accessdate=6 April 2021}}</ref>
Until 2021, Ramirez was the course director on the Certificate in History of Art at [[Oxford University]]'s [[Oxford University Department for Continuing Education|Department for Continuing Education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/undergraduate-certificate-in-history-of-art|title=Course details: Undergraduate Certificate in History of Art|publisher=Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford| accessdate=6 April 2021}}</ref> In 2021, Ramirez became Research Fellow in History of Art at [[Harris Manchester College, Oxford|Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Janina Ramirez |url=https://www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-janina-ramirez |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=hmc.ox.ac.uk | publisher=[[Harris Manchester College, Oxford]] | location=UK | language=en}}</ref>

In January 2024, Ramirez became a Visiting Professor of Medieval Studies at the [[University of Lincoln]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Janina Ramirez – Staff Directory |url=https://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/e0230d6b-1cf7-4337-8b9a-7b25e1de7a7b |website=University of Lincoln |access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Her grandfather was [[Poland|Polish]].<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Ramirez |first=Janina |author-link=Janina Ramirez |user=DrJaninaRamirez |number=747565117328465920 |date=27 June 2016 |title=My Polish granddad settled in Llandovery. Always a wonderful place. Big up Wales and Poland xxxx https://t.co/eLGO0cxSnW |language=en |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> Ramirez and her [[Spain|Spanish]] husband have two children.<ref name="Hughes">{{Cite news |url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/features/13810742.Medieval_treasure__Meet_Janina_Ramirez___the_woman_making_history_hip/ |title=Medieval treasure: Meet Janina Ramirez&nbsp;– the woman making history hip |last=Hughes |first=Tim |date=8 October 2015 |work=[[The Oxford Times]] |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref>
Her grandfather was [[Poland|Polish]].<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Ramirez |first=Janina |author-link=Janina Ramirez |user=DrJaninaRamirez |number=747565117328465920 |date=27 June 2016 |title=My Polish granddad settled in Llandovery. Always a wonderful place. Big up Wales and Poland xxxx https://t.co/eLGO0cxSnW |language=en |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> Ramirez and her [[Spain|Spanish]] husband have two children.<ref name="Hughes">{{Cite news |url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/features/13810742.Medieval_treasure__Meet_Janina_Ramirez___the_woman_making_history_hip/ |title=Medieval treasure: Meet Janina Ramirez&nbsp;– the woman making history hip |last=Hughes |first=Tim |date=8 October 2015 |work=[[The Oxford Times]] |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref> At 14, she played bass in a band with [[Krissi Murison]] as lead singer.<ref name=RHLSTP>{{Citation |last=FM |first=Player |title=RHLSTP 373 – Dr Janina Ramirez |date=30 March 2022 |url=https://player.fm/episodes/324094608 |language=en |access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref> Ramirez was in a [[punk band]], Role Models, while at Oxford but chose finishing her degree over touring with the band.<ref name=RHLSTP/>


== Television career ==
==Television career==
* ''Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons'', [[BBC Four]], August 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6xzx|title=BBC Four - Treasures of the Anglo Saxons|website=BBC|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons'', [[BBC Four]], August 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6xzx | work=[[BBC Four]] | title=Treasures of the Anglo Saxons | publisher=[[BBC]] |location=UK | accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''The Viking Sagas'', BBC Four, May 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0110gnv|title=BBC Four - The Viking Sagas|website=BBC|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Ramirez, Janina|title=The Sagas of Iceland: Creating Terra Nova|journal=[[History Today]]|date=May 2011|volume=61|issue=5|url=http://www.historytoday.com/janina-ramirez/sagas-iceland-creating-terra-nova|accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref>
* ''The Viking Sagas'', BBC Four, May 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0110gnv | work=[[BBC Four]] | title=The Viking Sagas | publisher=[[BBC]] |location=UK | accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Ramirez, Janina|title=The Sagas of Iceland: Creating Terra Nova|journal=[[History Today]]|date=May 2011|volume=61|issue=5|url=http://www.historytoday.com/janina-ramirez/sagas-iceland-creating-terra-nova|accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref>
* ''Britain's Most Fragile Treasure'', BBC Four, October 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0161dgq|title=BBC Four - Britain's Most Fragile Treasure|website=BBC|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''Britain's Most Fragile Treasure'', BBC Four, October 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0161dgq | work=[[BBC Four]] | title=Britain's Most Fragile Treasure | publisher=[[BBC]] |location=UK | accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings'', 3-part series, BBC Four, January 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019h3g2|title=BBC Four - Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings|website=BBC|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Auty, Louise|title=Ramirez 'illuminates' the world of England's long dead kings|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/318500|website=Digital Journal|accessdate=26 February 2015|date=26 January 2012}}</ref>
* ''Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings'', 3-part series, BBC Four, January 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019h3g2 | work=[[BBC Four]] | title=Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings | publisher=[[BBC]] |location=UK | accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Auty, Louise|title=Ramirez 'illuminates' the world of England's long dead kings|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/318500|website=Digital Journal|accessdate=26 February 2015|date=26 January 2012}}</ref>
* ''[[Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years' War]]'', 3-part series, BBC Four, February 2013<ref name="CaB">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00yjy5m|title=BBC Four - Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War|website=BBC|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''[[Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years' War]]'', 3-part series, BBC Four, February 2013<ref name="CaB">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00yjy5m | work=[[BBC Four]] | title=Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War | publisher=[[BBC]] |location=UK | accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age'', BBC Four, October 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04mq9x6|title=BBC Four - Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age|website=BBC|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age'', BBC Four, October 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04mq9x6 | work=[[BBC Four]] | title=Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age | publisher=[[BBC]] |location=UK | accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries'', 3-part series, BBC Four, February 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b053by58|title=BBC Four - Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries|website=BBC|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries'', 3-part series, BBC Four, February 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b053by58 | work=[[BBC Four]] | title=Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries | publisher=[[BBC]] |location=UK | accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''The Quizeum'', A museum-based quiz panel show, BBC Four, April 2015 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05sj5vr|title=BBC Four - The Quizeum, Series 1, Episode 6|website=BBC|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''The Quizeum'', A museum-based quiz panel show, BBC Four, April 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05sj5vr | work=[[BBC Four]] | title=The Quizeum, Series 1, Episode 6 | publisher=[[BBC]] |location=UK | accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich'', BBC Four, July 2016
* ''The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich'', BBC Four, July 2016
* ''An Art Lover's Guide'', BBC Four, May 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/travel/2017-04-29/an-art-lovers-guide-how-to-get-off-the-beaten-track-in-amsterdam/|title=An Art Lovers' Guide: How to get off the beaten track in Amsterdam|website=Radio Times|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''An Art Lover's Guide'', BBC Four, May 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/travel/2017-04-29/an-art-lovers-guide-how-to-get-off-the-beaten-track-in-amsterdam/|title=An Art Lovers' Guide: How to get off the beaten track in Amsterdam|website=Radio Times|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
*''In Search of Arcadia'', BBC Four, August 2017<ref name="Arcadia">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b090c4f6 |title=In Search of Arcadia |date=9 August 2017 |publisher=[[BBC Four]] |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref>
* ''In Search of Arcadia'', BBC Four, August 2017<ref name="Arcadia">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b090c4f6 |title=In Search of Arcadia |date=9 August 2017 |publisher=[[BBC Four]] |access-date=9 August 2017}}</ref>
* ''England's Reformation: Three Books that Changed a Nation'', BBC Four, October 2017
* ''England's Reformation: Three Books that Changed a Nation'', BBC Four, October 2017
* ''Art on BBC: The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci'', BBC Four, May 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b1v5xg|title=BBC Four - Art on the BBC: The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci|website=BBC|accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''Art on BBC: The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci'', BBC Four, May 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b1v5xg | work=[[BBC Four]] | title=Art on the BBC: The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci | publisher=[[BBC]] |location=UK | accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
* ''Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez'' BBC Four, September 2019 - 1 The Sutton Hoo Hoard (broadcast 4 September 2019)
* ''Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez'', BBC Four, September 2019 – 1 The Sutton Hoo Hoard (broadcast 4 September 2019)
* ''Handmade in Bolton'' – presenter, featuring [[Shaun Greenhalgh]] and narrated by [[Waldemar Januszczak]] (BBC Four, October 2019)<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00095hs/handmade-in-bolton BBC: Handmade in Bolton]</ref>
* ''Handmade in Bolton'' – presenter, featuring [[Shaun Greenhalgh]] and narrated by [[Waldemar Januszczak]], BBC Four, October 2019<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00095hs/handmade-in-bolton BBC: Handmade in Bolton]</ref>
* ''Lost Worlds and Hidden Treasures'', 3-part series, [[Apple TV]], May 2021<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tv.apple.com/de/show/lost-worlds-and-hidden-treasures/umc.cmc.1bt24fyk9j4r2hhaldy1hban2?l=en|title=Lost Worlds and Hidden Treasures| website=[[Apple TV]] | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] |date=3 September 2019 |access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==
*{{cite book|last=Ramirez|first=Janina|title=The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England|location=London|publisher=WH Allen|year=2015|isbn=9780753555606 }}
* {{cite book|last=Ramirez|first=Janina|title=The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England|location=London|publisher=[[W. H. Allen & Co.|WH Allen]]|year=2015|isbn=978-0-7535-5560-6|author-mask=2}}
*{{cite book|last=Ramirez|first=Janina|title=Julian of Norwich: A Very Brief History|location=London|publisher=SPCK|year=2016|isbn=9780281077373|author-mask=2}}
*{{cite book|last=Ramirez|first=Janina|title=Julian of Norwich: A Very Brief History|location=London|publisher=[[Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge|SPCK]]|year=2016|isbn=978-0-281-07737-3|author-mask=2}}
*{{cite book|last=Ramirez|first=Janina|title=Riddle of the Runes (A Viking Mystery)|location=Oxford|publisher=OUP|year=2018|isbn=978-0-19-276633-5|author-mask=2}}
*{{cite book|last=Ramirez|first=Janina|title=Riddle of the Runes (A Viking Mystery)|location=Oxford|publisher=[[Oxford University Press|OUP]]|year=2018|isbn=978-0-19-276633-5|author-mask=2}}
*{{cite book|last=Ramirez|first=Janina|title=Way of the Waves (A Viking Mystery)|location=Oxford|publisher=OUP|year=2019|isbn=978-0-19-276635-9|author-mask=2}}
*{{cite book|last=Ramirez|first=Janina|title=Way of the Waves (A Viking Mystery)|location=Oxford|publisher=OUP|year=2019|isbn=978-0-19-276635-9|author-mask=2}}
*{{cite book |last=Ramirez |first=Janina |author-mask=2 |title=Beowulf |date=5 September 2019 |publisher=[[Ladybird Books]] |location=London |isbn=978-0-7181-8973-0 |others=illus. Martyn Pick }}
*{{cite book |last=Ramirez |first=Janina |author-mask=2 |title=Beowulf |year=2019 |publisher=[[Ladybird Books]] |location=London |isbn=978-0-7181-8973-0 |others=illus. Martyn Pick }}
*{{cite book |last1=Ramirez |first1=Janina|author-mask=2 |title=Femina : A New History of the Middle Ages. |date=2022 |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=9780753558256}}
*{{cite book |last1=Ramirez |first1=Janina|author-mask=2 |title=Goddess: 50 Goddesses, Spirits, Saints and Other Female Figures Who Have Shaped Belief|date=2022| location=London|publisher=[[Nosy Crow]] |isbn=978-1-78800-995-9}}
*{{cite book |last1=Ramirez |first1=Janina|author-mask=2 |title=Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It |date=2022 |location=London|publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] |isbn=978-0-7535-5825-6}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 09:23, 30 October 2024

Professor
Janina Ramirez
FRHistS
Born
Janina Sara Maria Maleczek

(1980-07-07) 7 July 1980 (age 44)
Dubai,[1] United Arab Emirates
Occupations
Children2
Academic background
Alma materSt Anne's College, Oxford
University of York
ThesisThe symbolic life of birds in Anglo-Saxon England (2006)
Doctoral advisorJane Hawkes
Mary Garrison
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
Institutions
Websitewww.janinaramirez.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Janina Sara Maria Ramirez FRHistS (pronounced [ja'nina]; née Maleczek; born 7 July 1980), sometimes credited as Nina Ramirez, is a British art historian, cultural historian, and TV presenter. She specialises in interpreting symbols and examining works of art within their historical context.

Education and academic career

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Ramirez went to St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School in Slough, Berkshire, where she was head girl.[2] She gained a degree in English literature, specialising in Old and Middle English, from St Anne's College, Oxford, before completing her postgraduate studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. She was awarded a PhD on The symbolic life of birds in Anglo-Saxon England,[3] which led to a lectureship in York's Art History Department, followed by lecturing posts at the University of Winchester, University of Warwick, and University of Oxford.[4]

Until 2021, Ramirez was the course director on the Certificate in History of Art at Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education.[5] In 2021, Ramirez became Research Fellow in History of Art at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford.[6]

In January 2024, Ramirez became a Visiting Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Lincoln.[7]

Personal life

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Her grandfather was Polish.[8] Ramirez and her Spanish husband have two children.[4] At 14, she played bass in a band with Krissi Murison as lead singer.[9] Ramirez was in a punk band, Role Models, while at Oxford but chose finishing her degree over touring with the band.[9]

Television career

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  • Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons, BBC Four, August 2010[10]
  • The Viking Sagas, BBC Four, May 2011[11][12]
  • Britain's Most Fragile Treasure, BBC Four, October 2011[13]
  • Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings, 3-part series, BBC Four, January 2012[14][15]
  • Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years' War, 3-part series, BBC Four, February 2013[16]
  • Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age, BBC Four, October 2014[17]
  • Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries, 3-part series, BBC Four, February 2015[18]
  • The Quizeum, A museum-based quiz panel show, BBC Four, April 2015[19]
  • The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich, BBC Four, July 2016
  • An Art Lover's Guide, BBC Four, May 2017[20]
  • In Search of Arcadia, BBC Four, August 2017[21]
  • England's Reformation: Three Books that Changed a Nation, BBC Four, October 2017
  • Art on BBC: The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci, BBC Four, May 2018[22]
  • Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez, BBC Four, September 2019 – 1 The Sutton Hoo Hoard (broadcast 4 September 2019)
  • Handmade in Bolton – presenter, featuring Shaun Greenhalgh and narrated by Waldemar Januszczak, BBC Four, October 2019[23]
  • Lost Worlds and Hidden Treasures, 3-part series, Apple TV, May 2021[24]

Publications

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  • —— (2015). The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England. London: WH Allen. ISBN 978-0-7535-5560-6.
  • —— (2016). Julian of Norwich: A Very Brief History. London: SPCK. ISBN 978-0-281-07737-3.
  • —— (2018). Riddle of the Runes (A Viking Mystery). Oxford: OUP. ISBN 978-0-19-276633-5.
  • —— (2019). Way of the Waves (A Viking Mystery). Oxford: OUP. ISBN 978-0-19-276635-9.
  • —— (2019). Beowulf. illus. Martyn Pick. London: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8973-0.
  • —— (2022). Goddess: 50 Goddesses, Spirits, Saints and Other Female Figures Who Have Shaped Belief. London: Nosy Crow. ISBN 978-1-78800-995-9.
  • —— (2022). Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It. London: Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-7535-5825-6.

References

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  1. ^ Ramirez, Janina [@DrJaninaRamirez] (4 July 2020). "@DerekGrainge @Moku_O_Keawe Born in Dubai. Make of that what you will..." (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Ramirez, Janina [@DrJaninaRamirez] (2 August 2016). "Wow! My friends keep digging out old school photos of me! This is the Head Boy & Girl of St Bernard's, Slough 1997!" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Ramirez, Janina (1 January 2006). The symbolic life of birds in Anglo-Saxon England (Thesis).
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  11. ^ "The Viking Sagas". BBC Four. UK: BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  12. ^ Ramirez, Janina (May 2011). "The Sagas of Iceland: Creating Terra Nova". History Today. 61 (5). Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Britain's Most Fragile Treasure". BBC Four. UK: BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings". BBC Four. UK: BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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  16. ^ "Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War". BBC Four. UK: BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age". BBC Four. UK: BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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