A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval LifeDescribes the daily life of noblewomen, nuns, and peasants in feudal England and Europe, looks at the treatment of lepers, beggars, prostitutes, and criminals, and offers brief profiles of prominent medieval women. |
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Page 101
... Hildegard of Bingen as the most remarkable , and Héloïse as the most famous . Hildegard not only had mystical visions but was also responsible for two very down - to - earth treatises : the Physica was a classification of the various ...
... Hildegard of Bingen as the most remarkable , and Héloïse as the most famous . Hildegard not only had mystical visions but was also responsible for two very down - to - earth treatises : the Physica was a classification of the various ...
Page 105
... Hildegard's nuns at Bingen : 11 Because we are aware of those who are backward in study , that they are vexed by the ... Hildegard , Héloïse , and Isabella - to enter religious life was not a matter of personal choice . Hildegard's ...
... Hildegard's nuns at Bingen : 11 Because we are aware of those who are backward in study , that they are vexed by the ... Hildegard , Héloïse , and Isabella - to enter religious life was not a matter of personal choice . Hildegard's ...
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... Hildegard's extraordinary abilities was to visualise this conception in quite remarkable detail . Some of her early manuscripts are magnificently illustrated with amaz- ing fidelity to the text and may have been supervised by Hildegard ...
... Hildegard's extraordinary abilities was to visualise this conception in quite remarkable detail . Some of her early manuscripts are magnificently illustrated with amaz- ing fidelity to the text and may have been supervised by Hildegard ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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