Download or read book Medieval Writings on Secular Women written by Patricia Skinner and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects a host of writings from across different regions and cultures spanning the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. The writings - some by famous figures, but many anonymous - illuminate the life circumstances of their authors, from a woman abandoned as a baby in Italy to a female leader of a synagogue. With many new translations.