Medieval Literature and Culture

A. a heroine who used female attributes to become a saint
B. a saint who was NOT the humble, pious, and chaste figure she was expected to be
C. an asexual female saint
D. an anchorite

A. Julian of Norwich
B. Margery Kempe
C. Catherine de Pizan
D. Heloise

A. Julian of Norwich
B. Margery Kempe
C. Catherine of Siena
D. Catherine de Pizan

A. she objected to the treatment of secularism as evil
B. she applauded its promotion of female education
C. she attacked it as misogynistic
D. she praised the objectification of women

A. the problem of a “man writing as a woman”
B. the idea that woman cannot be as educated as men
C. the idea that noble women are more similar to men than peasant women are
D. the notion that chastity is impossible for men

A. medieval lay
B. hagiography
C. mysticism
D. dream vision

A. people who attempt to found their own religious orders
B. people who reject asceticism and contemplation
C. people who attempted to contact God without the intervention of an established religious order
D. people who were formally tied to religious orders

A. pilgrimages
B. charitable donations
C. prayers on the sinner’s behalf
D. All of the Above

A. it ended the Church’s role in the creation of books
B. it led to a sudden increase of women as scholars and authors
C. it declared that books should be produced by men
D. it opened up new opportunities for women to learn

A. Julian of Norwich
B. Margery Kempe
C. Catherine of Siena
D. Catherine de Pizan