Selection of the works of Hrotsvit, the first-known woman dramatist, containing legends, dramas, and epics. Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (c.935 - c.975), almost cert

"The Plays of Roswitha" by Hrotsvitha (translated by Christopher St. John). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasse

Hrotsvit's keen awareness of contemporary issues and her determination to provide her readers with a rich variety of exemplary female heroes and acts of persona

"Called by Renaissance humanist Conrad Celtes "the German Sappho," Hrotswitha (ca. 935-1000) was a prolithic author who wrote eight legends in verse, two histor