Talk:Hrotsvitha

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 "As a 10th-century Christian, she accepted the idea that women are inferior to men both physically and intellectually due to the fall of Eve."
Christians of The Middle Ages did not view Women as Inferior to Men Mentally, and Physically. In fact, Christians were taught that both Sexes were Equal before God.
Further, the Article makes no sense if She viewed Women, including Herself, as Inferior. After all, the same Article, in the same Segment, just below this Line, says the opposite.
"Hrotsvitha depicted women as having the power of self-determination and agency through taking the veil and abstaining from sexual relationships. This presents a very progressive view of women and their power for society at her time.[citation needed] While she writes of women as virtuous, courageous, witty, and close to God she only speaks about one man without contempt, finding that they are disproportionately susceptible to temptation. Hrotsvitha sees women being the weaker sex as allowing God to more easily work through them to find grace for their salvation and the salvation of those with whom they come in contact. This, therefore, suggests that women are not less than men in the eyes of God. Hrotsvitha believes that a virginal life dedicated to Jesus is best, but she can be empathetic towards mothers, and even prostitutes,[4] thus demonstrating a keen understanding of women's lives and options at the time.[13]"
How can she see Women as more Virtuous nd Less susceptible to Temptation whilst seeing Women as inferior?
SKWills (talk) 11:54, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Women And Men

message: LC has her dates as c. 935-c. 975; this article has 935 to c. 1002; needs clarification.
I believe her dates are conjectural; the LC subject heading as you say lists c. 935 to c. 975 so I've put that in the article.  If anyone wants to change that, please cite authority.  Strawberryjampot (talk) 22:32, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Dates, etc.

message: I've removed the sentence:  She wrote in Latin, and is considered by some to be the first person since antiquity to compose drama in the West.  This may well be true, but I believe that Wikipedia policy requires such claims to be referenced rather than attributed to a vague "some say."  If anyone wants to put it back, please add a proper reference.  Strawberryjampot (talk) 18:49, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  First medieval dramatist 

message: "Hrotsvit believed Otto had an affinity for Italy because of romances which are set there such as the story of Geoffrey Rudel. Pilgrims returned commending the troubled Queen Adelheid. Hrotsvit penned a number of legends in verse. Two of these are St. Gingulphus and Theophilus."
What does Queen Adelheid have to do with the rest of the paragraph?
4.249.63.11 (talk) 00:09, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  non sequitur 

message: See 1924-09-23 – Karmic Relationships Vol 4 Lecture 10  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.246.230.176 (talk) 21:29, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rudolf Steiner mentions she was a re-incarnation of Plato 

message: I'm unsure how necessary this section is, perhaps it could be moved to works?  
Also, what is Basilius an example of?  Perhaps someone with more expertise than I could clean this section up.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samuel.leander (talk • contribs) 00:29, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern Perceptions of Hrotsvitha 

message: I'd edit out that claim, since it seems to be quoted only from an obscure feminist "Hrothsvitha Club Magazine, p3". Try googling the supposed author.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.12.116.78 (talk) 00:58, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Most remarkable woman"? 

message: The article lede contains the following sentence: "Hrotsvitha's name appears variously in the forms Hrosvite, Hroswitha, Hroswithe, Rhotswitha, Roswit and is modernized as Roswitha but the proper pronunciation is Hrotsuit." What does this mean? The name "Hrotsuit" is not accompanied by an IPA transcription, and it is unclear which language's orthography is used instead. In addition, the article title is "Hrotsvitha", and that seems to be the most common spelling/"pronuncation" of her name. So, could anybody explain what's up with the argument that "Hrotsuit" is the "proper pronuncation"? Because if not, I'll remove that sentence fragment. Duivelwaan (talk) 15:28, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proper pronuncation 

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