Joan of Arc The courageous and controversial teenager who saved her country
The Editors | April 1, 1991
Life in a Medieval Village From birth to death, a peasant woman's difficult life intersected the church.
Frances and Joseph Gies | April 1, 1991
The Mystics Why did mysticism flower in the medieval world—and why did women often lead in it?
Elizabeth Alvilda Petroff | April 1, 1991
Heloise and Abelard's Tumultuous Affair She became an acclaimed abbess; he was one of the greatest philosophers of the medieval world. Yet their fabled love deeply damaged them both.
Ruth A. Tucker | April 1, 1991
Christian Women Writers of the Medieval World Meet the first known dramatist of Christianity, the most famous female exegete of the nature of the Trinity, and the author of the earliest known autobiography in English.
Katharina M. Wilson | April 1, 1991