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Notes: Partly reprinted from the review, Nineteenth century and after. cf. Author's note.

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   Introduction.
   A tenth-century dramatist, Roswitha the nun.
   A twelfth-century romance-writer, Marie de France.
   A thirteenth-century mystic and beguine, Mechthild of Magdeburg.
   A fourteenth-century art-patron and philanthropist, Mahaut, Countess of Artois.
   A fifteenth-century feministe, Christine de Pisan.
   Agnes Sorel.
   A note on mediaeval gardens.