Latin Literature written by Chrystian Women, from Perpetua to Hrotsvitha
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Latin Literature, Ancient Rome, Middle Ages, Christian WomenAbstract
Most of the Latin texts that have survived from Antiquity and the Middle Ages are written by men; however, at that time also a few women had the opportunity to write, as a few testimonies make clear. Regarding the texts written in Latin by ancient Roman women that is to say, not Christian—, the Basque translation of all the testimonies we preserve is available since 2022; as for the works of Christian women, the Basque translation of Egeria’s Itinerarium (4th century) was published in 2022, and has just been published Hrotsvitha’s dramatic work (10th century). This paper aims to present some Latin texts written by Christian women from Antiquity to the 10th century; thus, not only does it provide the Basque community with those texts, but it also helps determine the place of Egeria’ and Hrotsvitha’s works within the contemporary Latin literature written by Christian women.
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