Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem; and Nzinga, Queen of Angola, in Africa.
Because this work focuses on women in history who have been largely "unsung" and who represent a wide range of backgrounds, some originally intended subjects have had to be omitted because of insufficient information. A few extraordinary women have been included, however, even if complete biographical information was not available. For example, Jacqueline Félicie worked as a physician in Paris in the early fourteenth century, and for practicing medicine without a license--as a woman she could not be licensed--she was brought before the Inquisition. The transcripts noted in the profile provide the only information we have about Félicie; after her trial, she disappears from recorded history.
The purpose of this collection is to make the lives of these extraordinary women available to a wider audience and to encourage further studies of their lives and of the lives of other medieval and Renaissance women. In numerous ways the lives of the women profiled here were remarkable and provide lessons for later generations. As we enter a new millennium, women and men of today need to know about and celebrate the courageous and impressive lives of women who have lived before them.
Carole Levin
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Publication information:
Book title: Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World:A Biographical Dictionary.
Contributors: Carole Levin - Author, Debra Barrett-Graves - Author, Jo Eldridge Carney - Author, W. M. Spellman - Author, Gwynne Kennedy - Author, Stephanie Witham - Author.
Publisher: Greenwood Press.
Place of publication: Westport, CT.
Publication year: 2000.
Page number: xvii.
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