Hroswitha Of Gandersheim's Poetry

During the time that she was writing women were not taken seriously in Germany for their writing so she had to find creative ways around this. All of her writings were in Latin which was very common during this time for educated Europeans to be very versed in. Hroswitha of Gandersheim is known for writing the first plays ever written by a woman and after Sappho she is the first known European poet. Although she took the vow of chastity and obedience she never took the vow of poverty while she was in the convent She wrote a total of six plays and eight poems One of her poems she wrote was in honor of Otto I and the history of abbey community. She was the first Christian playwright. Hildegard of Bingen was born into a noble family and her father

They both have similar curriculum such as; law, medicine, liberal arts, and theology. Although in modern universities things like theology and liberal arts are more of a specialized school, rather than the typical university you can still find these areas of study in our universities today. In medieval universities students typically began a lot younger than we do in our university systems today, but other than that students were there to learn and get professional training just like we go to school for today. The student life differed from our modern day universities in the sense that prostitutes were popular back then, but not so much today. The undergraduate curriculum differs from ours as well because they did not have finals, midterms, or any assignments at all. Their curriculum also differed from ours because it was very religious and students were expected to tend prayer every day, but today there is usually a separation of church and state unless you attend a private university. Their students also consisted of only boys whereas our universities have both males and females in them today. Their facilities were different from ours because they did not have actually buildings or campuses at first they just taught anywhere they had the space to do so. Their educators were scholars and depending on where the university was located depended on who paid the teachers, whereas our