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These sites are in alphabetical order and do not reflect any kind of hierarchy. They are selected to complement the medieval and medieval women episodes of Dr. John Lienhard's The Engines of Our Ingenuity from the University of Houston's KUHF Public Radio station, and to assist in further research. Links to an Engines page are indicated with three blue bullets, thus: .

-- Sherron Lux, Medievalist and Librarian

This page last updated July 2004

British Isles:

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France:

    No. 1195: "Dhuoda" looks at a 9th-century French mother writing an instruction manual for the child from whom she was separated.

    No. 759: "Heloise" focuses on the female half of the famous 12th-century philosophers and lovers, Abelard and Heloise.

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Spain:

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Italy:

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Greece:

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Germany/Saxony:

    No. 294: "Hroswitha" looks at the 10th-century Saxon nun who not only wrote comedies based on saints' lives, but was also a mathematician and astronomer.

    Here's a brief biography of "Hroswitha" from The Catholic Encyclopedia.

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Scandinavia & Russia:

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Egypt & Africa:

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Arab Nations:

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Orient:

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Created April 1998 by Sherron Lux

This page created September 2001 by Sherron Lux

Last UPDATED July 2004

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Thanks to Graphica Medii Aevi for graphics.