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In what centuries did mystical women writers primarily work ?

Correct answer: D. 14th and 15th centuries

  • A. 8th and 9th centuries
  • B. 9th and 10th centuries
  • C. 10th and 11th centuries
  • D. 14th and 15th centuries

Explanation

The major women mystics associated with medieval English writing, including Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, wrote mainly in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The earlier centuries listed do not match this flourishing period of female mystical writing.

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