Fascinating, thank you. I’m a fan of Cuthbert and the Lindisfarne Gospels. I’ve read several books of historical fiction of that era, being particularly struck with the work of the copyists. I wrote my own book of haikus that were distillations of the psalms. It was a surprisingly meaningful experience to copy them by hand into a journal, walking in the footsteps of other women before me.
There are books written to educate young women not intended for the convent that hold up virgin martyrs' studies as a guide for their life, telling them that St. Agnes went to school, and that others, St. Catherine and the like, studied at home.
St. Catherine and St. Macrina were both revered as scholars. I’ve got an icon on my wall of St. Macrina. She’s holding scrolls of Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Origen.
I am currently listening to “Inventing the Renaissance“ by Ada Palmer. This book reveals a strata of female political figures who were, in effect, hidden by male scholars of the 19th century, who simply ignored them. Your article reveals another such strata. I had always been aware of the existence of exceptions to the general rule of male dominance in history, but that framing conceals the extent to which women were participants rather than exceptions.
Fascinating, thank you. I’m a fan of Cuthbert and the Lindisfarne Gospels. I’ve read several books of historical fiction of that era, being particularly struck with the work of the copyists. I wrote my own book of haikus that were distillations of the psalms. It was a surprisingly meaningful experience to copy them by hand into a journal, walking in the footsteps of other women before me.
There are books written to educate young women not intended for the convent that hold up virgin martyrs' studies as a guide for their life, telling them that St. Agnes went to school, and that others, St. Catherine and the like, studied at home.
St. Catherine and St. Macrina were both revered as scholars. I’ve got an icon on my wall of St. Macrina. She’s holding scrolls of Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Origen.
I am currently listening to “Inventing the Renaissance“ by Ada Palmer. This book reveals a strata of female political figures who were, in effect, hidden by male scholars of the 19th century, who simply ignored them. Your article reveals another such strata. I had always been aware of the existence of exceptions to the general rule of male dominance in history, but that framing conceals the extent to which women were participants rather than exceptions.