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1. Who are Glikl of Hameln and Catharina Schrader?

2. Why did these women write personal accounts?

3. How did the accounts reach us?

4. What can we learn from reading Glikl's writings?

5. What can we learn from reading Catharina Schrader's writings?

6. How do you place these writings in a larger historical context?

7. What can we learn from personal accounts?

8. What are some limitations of personal accounts?

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Credits


Grateful Acknowledgement is made to the following institutions and individuals for permission to publish material from their collections:

Alabama Maps Site - http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/
The State and University Library of Frankfurt am Main
Merry Wiesner-Hanks

 

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