Diemut of Wessobrunn
摘要
One of the most remarkable medieval women writers, the German nun Diemut (d. c. 1130) is known to scholars primarily as a scribe who during her lifetime was likely the chief copyist for her reformed community at Wessobrunn, which she provided with a host of religious writings. These fill dozens of extant manuscripts, many of which bear her name. Her extraordinary work remains a monument to the literary accomplishments of medieval women.