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Did women have a Carolingian Renaissance? - Magistra Et Mater examines the state of women's education, monastic and lay, in the ninth and tenth centuries. Interesting stuff, and a nice counterpoint to the- somewhat more common, though not vastly abundant- literature on women's education in the so-called 'twelfth century renaissance'. In reference to later medieval women, Magistra mentions my old friend Heloise, though not the sexy Adela of Blois with whom I tried to compare Heloise within the space of a cruelly short word limit.
Anyway, it's an intereting read. Go, shoo.