The High Middle Ages

Timeline:High Middle Ages

1095-1099 First Crusade1141 Abelard convicted of heresy1147-1149 Second Crusade1179 death of Hildegard von Bingen1189-1192 Third Crusade1215 Magna Carta1264 English Parliament created

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– Its work is the presentation of your thesis. – All facts, quotes, ideas are the working parts of the machine. Each one should have a

purpose, do a job. They should all be meaningfully connected to each other, like an efficient machine, working together to present the thesis.

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Hildegard von Bingen, c. 1180, receiving divine inspiration for her compositions.

So great was her wisdom that not only ordinary people but also kings and princes sometimes sought and received her counsel when in difficulties.

feminae valde eruditiae in liberali scientia

What harmony can there be between scholars and maid-servants, between the scriptorium and the nursery?

Why women are better suited to the monastic life: