Poet Mystic Widow Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women Publisher / Vendome Press written ‘partly for children and

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Poet Mystic Widow Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women Publisher / Vendome Press written ‘partly for children andHetta Howes 320 pages, paperback What was life really like for women in the medieval period? How did they think about sex, death and God? Could they live independent lives? And how can we hear their stories? Few women had the luxury of writing down their thoughts and feelings during medieval times. But remarkably, there are at least four extraordinary women who did. Marie de France, a poet; Julian of Norwich, a mystic and anchoress; Christine de