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Women were healers and engaged in medical practices. In 12th-century Salerno, Italy, Trota wrote one of the Trotula texts on diseases of women. [30] Her text, Treatments for Women, addressed events in childbirth that called for medical attention. The book was a compilation of three original texts and quickly became the basis for the medical ...
Many native English (Anglo-Saxon) names fell into disuse in the later Middle Ages, but experienced a revival in the Victorian era; some of these are Edward, Edwin, Edmund, Edgar, Alfred, Oswald and Harold for males; the female names Mildred and Gertrude also continue to be used in present day, Audrey continues the Anglo-Norman (French) form of ...
Women of the Middle Ages. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
The study of the role of women in the society of early medieval England, or Anglo-Saxon England, is a topic which includes literary, history and gender studies.Important figures in the history of studying early medieval women include Christine Fell, and Pauline Stafford.
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Pages in category "Greek feminine given names" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aella;
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
"Agnes" was the third-most popular name for women in the English-speaking world for more than 400 years. [2] Its medieval English pronunciation was Annis , and its usage and many of its forms coincided with the equally popular name "Anna" , related in medieval and Elizabethan times to Agnes , though Anne/Ann/Anna derive from the Hebrew 'Hannah ...