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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... 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 ...
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... Hildegard , q . of Charlemagne , 9 Hildegard of Bingen , abbess , author , mystic , ( 1098-1179 ) , xi , xiv , 20-21 , 22-23 , 100 , 101–2 , 104 , 105 , 110 , 118 , 130–32 , 133 , 135 , 171 , 220 , 221 : her works , Causae et Curae ...
... Hildegard , q . of Charlemagne , 9 Hildegard of Bingen , abbess , author , mystic , ( 1098-1179 ) , xi , xiv , 20-21 , 22-23 , 100 , 101–2 , 104 , 105 , 110 , 118 , 130–32 , 133 , 135 , 171 , 220 , 221 : her works , Causae et Curae ...
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... Hildegard of Bingen , Julian of Norwich , Margery Kempe , Mechtild of Hackeborn , Mechtild of Magdeburg Narbonne , 79 : viscountess of , see Ermengarde Nicholas de Babutz , 14th c . Teutonic Knight , 206-7 Nicholas Trevet , 14th c ...
... Hildegard of Bingen , Julian of Norwich , Margery Kempe , Mechtild of Hackeborn , Mechtild of Magdeburg Narbonne , 79 : viscountess of , see Ermengarde Nicholas de Babutz , 14th c . Teutonic Knight , 206-7 Nicholas Trevet , 14th c ...
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THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
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