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Record Number:
46048
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Title:
The Trial of Thiota, A False Prophetess
Source:
The Intolerant Middle Ages: A Reader. Edited by Eugene Smelyansky. University of Toronto Press, 2020. Pages 215 - 216.
Description:
Bishops gathered at Mainz questioned Thiota's claims for knowledge from God. She admitted she had been coached by a priest in order to profit from people's gifts. The bishops ordered a public flogging for her preaching and prophecies of the end of the world.
Article Type:
Translation
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Prophecy
Trials
Women Preachers
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Geographic Area:
Germany
Century:
9
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Related Resources:
The text is from The Annals of Fulda: Ninth-Century Histories, trans. T. Reuter (Manchester University Press, 1992), vol. 2, pp. 26-27.
Author's Affiliation:
Washington State University [Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow]
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
2020.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
9781487506124 (hbk); 9781487524128 (pbk); 9781487533342 (ePub); 9781487533335 (PDF)