Margery Kempe

Margery Kempe

female, 639 years old
Anglican, Women of medieval England, From King's Lynn, English women writer, Women writer, Hermit…Medieval writer, medievalwoman
Margery Kempe is known for writing "The Book of Margery Kempe", a work considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language....
Hildegard Of Bingen

Hildegard Of Bingen

female, deceased (1179)
Christian, Bingen, Herbalist, Scivias, Manuscript illuminators, Women of medieval Germany…medievalwoman, Medieval composer, Medieval writer
Selected English translations of Hildegard *Atherton, Mark, trans. "Hildegard of Bingen: Selected Writings". London: Penguin, 2001. *Baird, Joseph...
Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan

female, deceased (1430)
medieval France, French women writer, Women writer, French, Rhetorician, Feminist…Medieval writer, medievalwoman
Christine de Pizan (1364–1430) was a writer and analyst of the medieval era who strongly challenged the clerical misogyny and stereotypes that we...
Julian Of Norwich

Julian Of Norwich

female, deceased (1416)
Renewers of the church, Women of medieval England, Women writer, Hermit, plague, norwich…medievalwoman, Medieval writer
Julian of Norwich is considered to be one of the greatest English mystics. Little is known of her life aside from her writings. Even her name is...
Marie de France

Marie de France

female, 909 years old
Women writer, French women writer, Women of medieval England, Saint Audrey, medieval France, Life of Saint Audrey…medievalwoman, Medieval poet
Marie de France ("Mary of France") was a poet evidently born in France and living in England during the late 12th century. Virtually nothing is...
Katherine Swynford

Katherine Swynford

male, deceased (1403)
Women of medieval England, belgian, From lincolnshire, flanders, flemish, House of Lancaster…medievalwoman
Katherine (or Katharine or Catherine) (c. 1350 - May 10 1403), was the daughter of Payne (or Paen) de Roet (or Rouet or Roelt) a Flemish herald...
Catherine Of Siena

Catherine Of Siena

female, deceased (1380)
Italian women writer, Women of medieval Italy, mortification, siena, Hermit, Women writer…medievalwoman, Medieval writer
Saint Catherine of Siena (March 25, 1347 - April 29, 1380) was a Dominican Tertiary (lay affiliate) of the Dominican Order. Catherine was the 23rd...
Marguerite Porete

Marguerite Porete

female, deceased (1310)
Heresy of the Free Spirit, medieval France, Christian mysticism, executed for heresy, medievalwoman, excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church…Medieval writer
Marguerite Porete (d. 1310) was a French mystic and the author of "The Mirror of Simple Souls", a work of Christian spirituality dealing with the...
Christina Of Markyate

Christina Of Markyate

female, deceased (1161)
St Albans Psalter, Virgin Mary, chastity, St Paul's Cathedral, English, the holy trinity…Women of medieval England, medievalwoman
Christina of Markyate was born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire c. 1095-1100, and died perhaps after 1155. As a young girl or adolescent she took a...
Bridget Of Sweden

Bridget Of Sweden

female, deceased (1373)
Santa Brigida, Swedish women writer, Religious leader, Renewers of the church, Women of medieval Sweden, politician…Medieval writer, medievalwoman
Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St. Bridgid of Sweden and "Birgitta of Vadstena" (1303 - July 23, 1373), was a mystic and saint, and...