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Early Women Writers

Dhuoda

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Author

Dhuoda

Location

Barcelona, Spain

Dates

803-843

Biography

Dhuoda was a Frankish writer, as well as Duchess consort of Septimania and Countess consort of Barcelona.

Works

Liber Manualis

Languages

Latin

Genres

Guidance

Editions and Translations

Thiebaux, Marcelle (ed. and tr.). Dhuoda. Handbook for her warrior son. Cambridge Medieval Classics 8. Cambridge, 1998. (English translation); Neel, Carol (tr.). Handbook for William. A Carolingian Woman’s Counsel for her Son. Regents Studies in Medieval Culture. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991.

Archival Holdings

Miscel·lània de textos en llatí [Manuscrit], contains Liber Manualis: MS 569, National Library of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.

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