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 110
... abbess . She seems to have administered the affairs of the abbey with discretion and succeeded in doubling the ... Abbess Hildegard when she set up her new convent on the Rupertsberg . 17 When the Abbess Euphemia died Wherwell must have ...
... abbess . She seems to have administered the affairs of the abbey with discretion and succeeded in doubling the ... Abbess Hildegard when she set up her new convent on the Rupertsberg . 17 When the Abbess Euphemia died Wherwell must have ...
Page 133
... Abbess Gertrude and the respected visionaries of her community counselled and influenced the neighbouring clergy and laity , and spread the intensive eucharistic piety characteristic of Helfta . Unfortunately the abbess and her three ...
... Abbess Gertrude and the respected visionaries of her community counselled and influenced the neighbouring clergy and laity , and spread the intensive eucharistic piety characteristic of Helfta . Unfortunately the abbess and her three ...
Page 265
... abbess , see Gertrude of Hackeborn Heloise , w . of Abelard and abbess of the Paraclete , ( d . 1163 ) , xiv , 101 , 102-4 , 105 , 171 Helvidis , 12th c . physician , 174 Henry III , Holy Roman Emperor , ( d . 1043 ) , 4 Henry IV , Holy ...
... abbess , see Gertrude of Hackeborn Heloise , w . of Abelard and abbess of the Paraclete , ( d . 1163 ) , xiv , 101 , 102-4 , 105 , 171 Helvidis , 12th c . physician , 174 Henry III , Holy Roman Emperor , ( d . 1043 ) , 4 Henry IV , Holy ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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