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Early Women Writers

Kunhuta

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Author

Kunhuta

Location

Prague, Bohemia (Czech Republic)

Dates

1265-1321

Biography

Kunhuta was the daughter of King Premysl Otokar II and the niece of St Agnes. She opted for a religious rather than a royal life and was elected abbess of the Benedictine convent of St George at the Prague Castle in 1302.

Works

Pasional of Abbess Kunhuta

Languages

Latin

Genres

Devotional

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