de gave her rare insight into the actual physical and economic conditions of the working women of the Middle Ages.
Power indicates that the first-hand account of what life was like for a Medieval woman is rare since there are so few women writers of this age. Literary works include the love letters of Heloise to Abelard, the meditations of great women mystics and a few learned treatises composed by nuns. One of the great exceptions is that of Christine of Pisan. In one of her most famous writings, Christine of Pisa
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