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Hildegard of Bingen: a mediaeval female genius
Maybe the Outer Hebrides, but I am uncertain.
frankbeswick, on 09/15/2024
Hildegard of Bingen: a mediaeval female genius
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
That highland Scotland "did not have a cash economy until the early nineteenth century" intrigues me.
Might there have been other areas of what merged into ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/14/2024
Hildegard of Bingen: a mediaeval female genius
The payment would have varied. In some areas it would be in coin, but in others, e.g. highland Scotland, which did not have a cash economy until the early nineteenth century, payment was in kind, with food, other items such as cloth or services.
frankbeswick, on 09/14/2024
Hildegard of Bingen: a mediaeval female genius
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The "local wise women" charging intrigues me.
Their charging and the Church nuns not lets the former perhaps learn more easily about Church healing lore from ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/13/2024
Hildegard of Bingen: a mediaeval female genius
Some were church people, though their ministry was not within the church structure. But some were traditional healers. Some paid lip service to Christianity.
frankbeswick, on 09/13/2024
Hildegard of Bingen: a mediaeval female genius
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
The phrase "local wise women" intrigues me.
Might these wise women have been Church believers and practitioners or otherwise?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/12/2024
Hildegard of Bingen: a mediaeval female genius
It depends on the area. Sometimes there was a choice of medical specialist, but often the choice was between the church and local wise women, but the church gave service for free,
frankbeswick, on 09/11/2024
Hildegard of Bingen: a mediaeval female genius
Thank you for your comment below, on Aug. 19, 2017, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
Hildegard applying her herbal astuteness to fellow nuns and local people intrigues me.
Might the local people have only convent ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/11/2024
Turn Right at Land's End
There are basic facilities, such as a freezer and showers.
frankbeswick, on 09/08/2024
Eden
It sounds like a pleasant place in an otherwise wilderness
frankbeswick, on 09/08/2024
Skiddaw Dodd
The computer crashed before I commenced another component of my comment-question below.
The Old Sawmill Tearoom page advises us that "Visitors with dogs are very welcome at the tables outside the cafe."
Are felines and other sentient-animal ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/07/2024
Understanding Calculus: A Simplified Approach to Derivatives
It depends on the high school. In this state one needs 12 college hours in a subject to be allowed to teach it, provided one has the other requirements. Some schools teach calculus and college level algebra, and more, but many high school ...
blackspanielgallery, on 09/07/2024
Skiddaw Dodd
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The Old Sawmill Company link is invitingly user-friendly and user-informative.
Its Old Sawmill Tearoom page mentions a footpath that "avoids the risks of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/07/2024
Eden
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The fourth paragraph to the first subheading, Fatu hiva, advises us that "the Bible never says "the Garden of Eden" but says that God planted a garden in Edin, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/07/2024
Turn Right at Land's End
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A lengthy stay suggests bathing, bedding, drinking, eating.
Would there be freezers, microwaves, ovens, refrigerators, running water, stoves, toasters?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/07/2024