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INTRODUCTION ..... xi 



A TENTH- CENTURY DRAMATIST, ROSWITHA THE 



NUN ...... i 



A TWELFTH-CENTURY ROMANCE-WRITER, MARIE 



DE FRANCE . . . . .29 



A THIRTEENTH-CENTURY MYSTIC AND BEGUINE, 



MECHTHILD OF MAGDEBURG . . -57 



A FOURTEENTH-CENTURY ART-PATRON AND PHIL- 

 ANTHROPIST, MAHAUT, COUNTESS OF ARTOIS 83 



A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY FEMINISTE, CHRISTINE DE 



PISAN . . . . . .116 



AGNES SOREL . . . ... . 147 



A NOTE ON MEDIEVAL GARDENS . . 173 



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