Encounters with Medieval Women: Mary of Egypt
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Mary Wellesley and Irina D'Omitrescu look at the lives of women in medieval literature. They start with an old English text about a repentant sinner, St Mary of Egypt. The story is one of the most compelling images of female authority to have come down to us from the medieval period. Over the next four episodes, we'll be exploring the common experiences of women over more than a thousand years of history.
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