These sites are in alphabetical order and do not reflect any kind of hierarchy. They are selected to complement the medieval and medieval women episodes of Dr. John Lienhard's The Engines of Our Ingenuity from the University of Houston's KUHF Public Radio station, and to assist in further research. Links to an Engines page are indicated with three blue bullets, thus: .

Page Index:
• British Isles
  
• France
  
• Spain
  
• Italy
  
• Greece
  
• Germany/Saxony
  
• Scandinavia & Russia
  
• Egypt & Africa
  
• Arab Nations
  
• Orient
  

No. 1197: "King Arthur" searches for the historical Arthur and Guinevere.

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No. 1195: "Dhuoda" looks at a 9th-century French mother writing an instruction manual for the child from whom she was separated.

No. 759: "Heloise" focuses on the female half of the famous 12th-century philosophers and lovers, Abelard and Heloise.

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No. 546: "Medieval Women Doctors" -- especially Trotula.

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No. 294: "Hroswitha" looks at the 10th-century Saxon nun who not only wrote comedies based on saints' lives, but was also a mathematician and astronomer.

Here's a brief biography of "Hroswitha" from The Catholic Encyclopedia.

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No. 1214: "Novgorod" demonstrates proof of literate medieval Russian women.

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No. 215: "Hypatia's Mathematics" considers the brilliant 4th-century mathematician and astronomer. For the updated and corrected version, see No. 1555.

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