Galleri

Kvindelig læsefærdighed i middelald

Kvindelig læsefærdighed i middelalderen var overraskende høj. Nonner var forfattere og skriftlærde. Mange andre kvinder opmuntrede til at læse og lære, især ædle kvinder. Et eksempel var Christine de Pizan, en digter ved hoffet til kong Charles VI af Frankrig.

Kurateret af Udgivet galleri

7 genstande

St. Catherine of Alexandria holding a sword and reading a book

Simon Bening, follower

KB, National Library of the Netherlands

Der von Wildonie

Heidelberg University Library

St. Barbara reading a book and holding a palm; standing before a tower

Simon Bening, follower

KB, National Library of the Netherlands

St. Barbara reading a book, a tower beside her

Masters of the Gold Scrolls

KB, National Library of the Netherlands

A female saint (St. Catherine of Alexandria?) reading

KB, National Library of the Netherlands

St. Barbara reading a book, a tower beside her

Master of the Dresden Prayer Book; Willem Vrelant, follower

KB, National Library of the Netherlands

A female saint holding a book

Master Azor, follower

KB, National Library of the Netherlands